Sun, 12 Sep 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
In 2021, China's Supreme Court's newly issued judicial interpretation on places stricter restrictions on facial recognition technology so as to protect the individuals' facial information.
Insight: China Justice 中国司法洞察
Sat, 11 Sep 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
In 2021, Beijing IP Court confirmed in the final judgment that Jiangling Motors Co. Ltd. engaged in unfair competition by producing and selling Lufeng X7 which was similar to Land Rover’s Range Rover Evoque.
Sun, 05 Sep 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌
YES, as long as the transaction is for business purposes rather than for consumption purposes, as a local Chinese court rules in Yang v. Yucheng Huayu Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (2021).
Sun, 05 Sep 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Driven by China's cultural tradition and judicial practice, it is common to see the de facto 6-month cooling-off period in litigation, which may be reinforced by the 'cooling-off period for mutual consented divorce' in the Civil Code.
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌
From the first case confirming the admissibility of blockchain evidence in 2018, to the SPC’s online litigation rules in 2021, China is establishing a blockchain evidence rule system step by step.
Sun, 22 Aug 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Since 2016, China has been working on establishing judicial disciplinary committees for investigating the malpractice of judges.
Sun, 22 Aug 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
In August 2021, the Beijing Haidian District People's Procuratorate moved to file a civil public interest lawsuit against Tencent, alleging the “youth mode” of its WeChat app fails to comply with the Law on the Protection of Minors.
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌
While Chinese law criminalizes sexual assault with a clear definition, sexual harassment lacks a clear delineation. Taking the courts in Shanghai as an example, we may know a thing or two about how sexual harassment is determined in judicial practice.
Sun, 08 Aug 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese courts have been accelerating the promotion of e-filing in the past four years, which has become a fundamental pillar of China’s intelligent courts system.
Sun, 08 Aug 2021 Insights Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese courts have divergent views on whether they have competent authority to review the consent awards and how to do so.