Sun, 22 Nov 2020 Insights CJO Staff Contributors Team
Yes, photographs taken automatically from hot-air balloons can be copyrighted under Chinese law, just like those created by human beings, as indicated in a Chinese court ruling in April 2020.
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Sun, 15 Nov 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Guiding Case System and Similar Case Retrieval System are established to unify the application of law and restrict the discretion of judges.
Sun, 15 Nov 2020 Insights Meng Yu 余萌
In March 2019, Xiangyang Intermediate People's Court, Hubei Province, rendered a ruling to recognize the damages awarded by a Polish criminal judgment in Santint Poland Sp. zo.o.v. Zhang pawuleikedan.
Sat, 07 Nov 2020 Insights Guiqiang LIU 刘桂强
When it comes to the stage of recognition and enforcement, limitation period is a decisive factor but can be easily ignored by the winning parties.
Sat, 07 Nov 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
For Chinese judges, discovering similar cases is an unfamiliar and challenging task. However, the Guiding Case System(指导性案例制度) and the Similar Case Retrieving System(类案检索制度) established respectively in 2010 and 2020 have required them to face up to this task.
Sat, 07 Nov 2020 Insights China Laws Portal Team
On October 17, 2020, China issued the latest revision of the Patent Law (专利法), which was the fourth amendment of the Law passed in 1984.
Sun, 01 Nov 2020 Insights China Laws Portal Team
The Biosecurity Law (生物安全法) was promulgated on 17 Oct. 2020 and will enter into force on 15 Apr. 2021. In the post-COVID-19 age, this Law lays a foundation for setting up a legal regime of biosecurity in China.
Fri, 30 Oct 2020 Insights China Laws Portal Team
The Export Control Law (出口管制法) was promulgated on 17 Oct. 2020 and will enter into force on 1 Dec. 2020, aiming to "safeguard national security and interests and fulfill international obligations such as non-proliferation".
Fri, 30 Oct 2020 Insights CJO Staff Contributors Team
Yes, AI-created works can be copyrighted in China, as a local court in Shenzhen ruled recently in Shenzhen Tencent Computer System Co., Ltd. v. Shanghai Yingxun Technology Co., Ltd (2019).
Sun, 25 Oct 2020 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
China refused to recognize and enforce two Uzbekistan judgments in 2011 and 2014 respectively, all because of the service of process inconsistent with the bilateral judicial assistance treaty.