China Legal Trends
Sat, 24 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China's Supreme Court awarded CNY 159 million, the highest ever damages in a trade secrets case, in Jiaxing Zhonghua Chemical Co., Ltd. et al. v. Wanglong Group Co., Ltd. et al (2020).
Sat, 24 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In March 2021, China National Intellectual Property Administration issued the proposed Administrative Adjudication of Major Patent Infringement Disputes (Draft for Public Comment).
Sun, 18 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
On 24 Feb. 2021, the National Database of Laws and Regulations was launched online, providing free legal search and inquiry service to the public.
Sun, 18 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China's Supreme Court's Ten Typical technological IP cases (2020) covered both traditional and emerging technology fields and issued the first-ever “anti-suit injunction”.
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) launched a special campaign to crack down on malicious trademark registration as of March 2021.
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China's Supreme Court's Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Hearing of State Compensation Cases to Determine Damages for Mental Distress came into effect on 1 April 2021.
Fri, 09 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In March 2021, China's Supreme Court issued the Opinions of the SPC on Peoples Courts’ Providing Judicial Services and Guarantees on the Opening-up of the Comprehensive Demonstration Zone And Development of the China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone for China's Services Sector in Beijing.
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends Chenyang Zhang 张辰扬
China's Supreme Court's Several Provisions on Providing Online Case-filing Services for Foreign Litigants (2021) provides an Internet platform for foreign parties to file cases with Chinese courts, and streamlines the case-filing procedures.
Tue, 30 Mar 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
On 26 Jan., China and New Zealand signed the Protocol on the Upgrading of the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of New Zealand.
Tue, 30 Mar 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China’s Supreme Procuratorate issued the Provisions on Handling Cybercrime Cases by the People’s Procuratorates in January 2021.