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Alibaba Music and Kugou's fight over copyright licences may be a sign of a maturing digital music market

Internet media need to seek reprint permission.

The new Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue has opened up and closed off a number of key industries accessible to overseas investors. It may be the last version as China moves to further reform the FDI framework

SIPO strengthens IP protection in exhibitions.

Legal personality required for provision of electronic certification services.

China's efforts to crack down on misleading, fraudulent claims forces an industry rethink as they overturn the effects of years of aggressive marketing. The new law regulates content, target audiences and specific industries like tobacco and healthcare, and will increase compliance costs for consumer-oriented businesses

Yaodong Chen, APAC director of IP for Akzo Nobel, shares with China Law & Practice his thoughts on trade secret protection in China, why inventor remuneration is burdensome for businesses and the importance of building up IP assets

Foreign investment catalogue revised to allow more foreign shareholding.

The Beijing IP Court's decision to reject Trunkbow's “Weixin” trademark - even though it was filed before Tencent's - has caused controversy, but one thing is clear: judges are increasingly taking into account consumers' welfare and not necessarily going by the book