Utility model patents are simple, quick and cheap to file in China. They can also be used as a weapon against under-prepared foreign companies, for as long as 10 years.
China's M&A Rules effectively blocked domestic Chinese companies from raising money on overseas capital markets. But recent Ministry of Commerce guidelines may have provided a way out. By Zhou Jiaxing, Or & Partners, Hong Kong.
China continues to take steps towards unifying its approach to intellectual property with the development and codification of a national strategy. CLP presents an analysis of some of the biggest IP-related issues affecting those who do business in the PRC.
China continues to take steps towards unifying its approach to intellectual property with the development and codification of a national strategy. CLP presents an analysis of some of the biggest IP-related issues affecting those who do business in the PRC.
Circular on Delegating to Lower-level Authorities the Authority to Examine and Approve the Investment in, and Establishment of, Companies with an Investment Nature by Foreign Investors