China Legal Trends provides up-to-the-minute comments on China's laws, regulations, policies and cases, as well as in-depth analyses on major events relating to Chinese law and insights on public documents.
As a column of China Justice Observer, China Legal Trends is updated daily.
Mon, 26 Apr 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China National Intellectual Property Administration issued the Annual Work Guidelines for Promoting High-Quality Development of Intellectual Property (2021), which includes supporting policies for high-quality development of IP rights and lists its 22 tasks in 2021.
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
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.
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.
Tue, 30 Mar 2021 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China’s Supreme Court published the report on the practice of judicial assistance in civil and commercial matters between the Mainland and Hong Kong in January 2021.