Thu, 29 Feb 2024 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November 2023, the Beijing High People’s Court released a 30-year English version of the Intellectual Property White Paper, detailing a substantial caseload and growth in intellectual property cases from 1993 to 2023.
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In September 2023, Beijing's Chaoyang Court released a white paper on foreign-related family cases, highlighting key insights from 717 cases spanning 2018-2022, with divorce and inheritance disputes accounting for the majority, and addressing procedural and substantive issues in eight typical cases.
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2023, the Beijing Fourth Intermediate Court (BFIC) released its “2022 Annual Report on Judicial Review Cases in Domestic Arbitration”. As a court with jurisdiction over two of the largest arbitration institutions in China, namely the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) and Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC), BFIC is a major player in China’s arbitration landscape.
Mon, 30 Jan 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In December 2022, Beijing Fourth Intermediate People’s Court reported its work on foreign court judgment/arbitral awards enforcement cases. Since 2018, the court has accepted 332 cases, with the total amount in controversy reaching more than CNY 5 billion (approx. USD 740 million).
Mon, 26 Dec 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November 2022, for the first time in China, a criminal of child molestation was banned for life from any occupation that had close contact with minors according to the Law on the Protection of Minors.
Tue, 20 Dec 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In November 2022, a primary court in Beijing ruled that the food delivery platform should bear part of the liability in a case where a delivery man died while delivering food.
Mon, 03 Oct 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2022, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court issued the “Handbook for Evidence Presentation of Parties in Civil Cases Involving Computer Software Copyright” in both Chinese and English editions.
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In August 2022, a Hong Kong decree absolute of divorce was recognized by the Beijing Fourth People’s Intermediate Court, marking the first time that the “Arrangement of the Supreme People’s Court on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Civil Judgments in Matrimonial and Family Cases by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” has been applied.
Tue, 30 Aug 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2022, a Bitcoin mining contract was ruled invalid by the Beijing Third Intermediate Court.
Mon, 15 Aug 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2022, the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People’s Court held a press briefing to introduce its trial of foreign-related commercial cases in 2018-2022 and released ten typical cases.