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Thu, 07 Jul 2022 China Law in One Minute Meng Yu 余萌

In March 2022, with the approval of China's Supreme People's Court (SPC), a local court in Shanghai ruled to recognize an English monetary judgment. Apart from being the first of its kind where an English monetary judgment has been enforced in China based on reciprocity, this case also shows how Chinese courts ensure impartiality, through the mechanism of ex ante internal approval and ex post filings, in foreign judgments enforcement cases.

Mon, 04 Jul 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In May 2022, Beijing issued the “Notice on Conducting the Pilot Project of Legal Expenses Insurance for Overseas Intellectual Property Disputes involving Beijing Companies in 2022” (开展2022年北京市知识产权海外纠纷法律费用保险试点工作的通知), indicating that insurance companies can provide legal expense insurance to cover the legal costs of overseas IP disputes for Chinese companies.