Many recommend including an arbitration clause in commercial contracts with Chinese companies, given the challenges foreign companies face in the PRC courts. What must I include in the clause to ensure my company is protected from potential disputes? What is the model arbitration clause?

Strategies include undertaking a full risk assessment, conducting comprehensive due diligence, establishing adequate contractual protections, developing proper monitoring procedures and designing and implementing a thorough compliance system

Strategies include undertaking a full risk assessment, conducting comprehensive due diligence, establishing adequate contractual protections, developing proper monitoring procedures and designing and implementing a thorough compliance system

The new interpretation clarifies details which are lacking in the Patent Law and builds on practical issues addressed by the Implementing Rules, such as the use of reports and the judgment of equivalent infringement, damage claims, royalties and expenses, says Xi Sun

Llinks Law Offices

The Shanghai FTZ's first wholly foreign-owned hospital faces the same restrictions as in the rest of the nation. What the authorities will do to simplify the process, and the project's fate, will determine global access to this industry

The Shanghai FTZ's first wholly foreign-owned hospital faces the same restrictions as in the rest of the nation. What the authorities will do to simplify the process, and the project's fate, will determine global access to this industry

This week the NPC set up specialised IP courts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, the US-China Business Council said foreign companies were being unfairly investigated and China faced difficulties reaching its growth target

If the trademark is not registered, materials evidencing that it has been continuously used for not less than five years shall be submitted.