2024 marked another significant year in China’s intellectual property law space. Danlei Wu of Fangda Partners examines the key developments and the indicators for further developments in the year ahead
February 27, 2025
Transportation
Chinese EV maker Geely expands into Brazil through a partnership with France’s Renault; The parent company of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger is blacklisted by China; and Canadian Solar is sued by China’s Trina Solar over patent infringement.
February 21, 2025The final rules of reverse CFIUS differ from the draft version; China changes its foreign investment rules to attract more long-term and high-quality investments; and Chinese data center company raises $1 billion from U.S. PE investors.
November 07, 2024Pilot project allows Tesla and HSBC to independently operate data centers in China; WeRide's lead legal adviser comments on overseas IPOs; and Austria's Starlinger settles patent infringement case with Chinese machine manufacturers.
October 31, 2024U.S. plans to restrict Chinese software in electric and internet-connected cars; China increases control over offshore capital flows; and Chinese firms plan to expand into the U.S. Midwest but have regulatory concerns.
August 15, 2024WeRide IPO shows another green light for overseas listing of Chinese companies; China imposes new regulations for local authorities to better implement its state secrets law overhaul; and two Chinese state departments release new rules for QFII to stimulate foreign securities investment.
August 02, 2024Vehicles should allow one-touch halting of collection of out-of-vehicle data
July 22, 2024Alleged receiving of kickbacks by senior executives in China could subject Adidas to Chinese, as well as German and U.S. investigations; U.S. convertible bond market is used to raise funds by Chinese big tech amid IPO restrictions; and EU tariffs may lead to localization of Chinese EV production.
June 21, 2024Philip Qu and Qiuchen Wang from TransAsia Lawyers analyze a pioneering approach to regulating cross-border data transfers recently adopted in one of Shanghai's free trade zones
June 12, 2024Shanghai FTZ expedites cross-border transfer of specified data; CBP investigation finds no substantial evidence of evasion by CIE; and Another Chinese EV SPAC merger is in the pipeline but EU tariffs threaten the business.
May 23, 2024
