Apple's long running dispute with Proview Technology Shenzhen highlights the importance of due diligence and getting it right first time in China.

Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue (Amended in 2011)

Foreign companies before CIETAC arbitration can now obtain a procedural order for an immediate action to protect their interests.

Including: Working Rules for the Committee for the Review of the Merger, Acquisition and Re-organisation of Listed Companies

Apple has published a statement highlighting a victory over Proview in a Hong Kong court that is interesting, but irrelevant.

Chinese officials confiscated Apple's iPads from shops last week as Proview Technology began to assert its trademark rights

Timeline of Apple's ongoing dispute with Proview Technology Shenzhen

There is more to dispute resolution in China than meets the eye. By making strategic choices, foreign businesses can maximise their chances of winning anti-monopoly and IP disputes

Mofcom sets out measures to curb unreported concentrations of business operators.