Mon, 17 May 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In April 2021, Hangzhou Internet Court ruled in a recent case that a short video demo can be copyrighted as work created by similar film-making methods.
Sun, 16 May 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Liu Qiang 刘强
"No", answers a Shenzhen court in Gao v. Shenzhen Yunsilu Innovation Development Fund Enterprise (2018), ruling to set aside an arbitral award on the ground of public policy, given that cryptocurrency exchanges are banned in China.
Sun, 16 May 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
China's Supreme Court's latest judicial interpretation (2020) sets out the standards for the application of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law in trade secret infringement cases.
Thu, 13 May 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
As of 31 Mar. 2021, Shenzhen had received 260 personal bankruptcy applications for the first month of the Regulation's implementation, among which eight were accepted with priority.
Wed, 12 May 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
Suzhou International Commercial Court (SUICC) became China's first international commercial court established by a local court.
Tue, 11 May 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In April 2021, Beijing High People's Court issued the "Opinions on Accelerating the Whole Process of Litigation Enforcement and Serving the Marketization and the Law-based Internationalized Business Environment", addressing the role of AI, 5G, block-chain in intelligent courts.
Mon, 10 May 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In April 2021, the State Administration for Market Regulation imposed an administrative penalty on Alibaba Group for its abuse of market dominance in China's services market involving online retail platforms.
Sat, 08 May 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Liu Qiang 刘强
Bitcoin is protected as a virtual asset under Chinese law, but shall not be deemed as currency or financial product, as a Shanghai court decided in Li et. al. v. Yan et. al. (2019).
Sat, 08 May 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Building the arbitration credibility and the opening-up of arbitration sector in Shanghai and Beijing FTZs are highlights of China's latest arbitration policies.
Thu, 06 May 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In April 2021, China issued the Opinions on Supporting the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port to Relax Certain Special Measures for Market Access (关于支持海南自由贸易港建设放宽市场准入若干特别措施的意见) to relax market access in fields such as health and finance.