Antitrust

Businesses in China should brace for more work as a new set of antitrust rules increases compliance burdens

Businesses in China should brace for more work as a new set of antitrust rules increases compliance burdens

Mofcom lays down specific rules for the divestiture remedy for anti-monopoly restrictions.

Mofcom lays down specific rules for the divestiture remedy for anti-monopoly restrictions.

The competition regulator has released new legislation clarifying the divestiture process that occurs as part of merger regime enforcement, however there are concerns relating to the publicity of timeframes and the amount of discretion the government has in setting the terms of a divestment

The competition regulator has released new legislation clarifying the divestiture process that occurs as part of merger regime enforcement, however there are concerns relating to the publicity of timeframes and the amount of discretion the government has in setting the terms of a divestment

Beijing-based Bin Zhou, vice president and general counsel at Sony China, speaks with CLP about his company's experiences with the anti-monopoly law (AML)

China's antitrust regulators recently released new draft regulations that address, among other key clarifications, the enforcement of prohibitions in the anti-monopoly law. However, one notable area the draft omits is how the competition rules will treat intellectual property

The Report selects 37 intellectual property cases on which the Supreme People's Court has rendered final conclusive opinions addressing issues such as the application of the doctrine of estoppel, retroactive effect of a decision declaring a patent invalid and determination of the legitimate use of a descriptive trademark.