Antitrust

The new Guidelines detail what information is required from a notifying party in its submission to the Antitrust Investigation Office. Key procedural issues are also clarified.

Anti-monopoly filings required before conducting mergers or acquisitions.

Foreign-invested commercial enterprises prohibited from engaging in tobacco retail and wholesale businesses.

These Guidelines aim to facilitate filings for mergers and acquisitions of domestic enterprises by foreign investors to ensure that they are not in violation of the anti-monopoly law.

The PRC Anti-unfair Competition Law clarified.

The Interpretation addresses the adjudication of civil unfair competition cases includimg counterfeits, falsified advertisement, trade secrets, defamation.

In a landmark anti-trust suit, battery maker Tsum (Sichuan) Technology took Sony and its local partner to court in Shanghai, accusing the electronics company…

The judicial interpretation of China's Anti-unfair Competition Law(中华人民共和国反不正当竞争法) made by the Supreme People's Court came…

Clarifies what constitutes well-known commodities and infringement of business secrets. Yan Xun reviews the key issues affecting intellectual property rights owners in China.