Recent regulations governing foreign law firms allow greater market access but also create ambiguity about the permitted scope of cooperative work with Chinese law firms and the possibility of foreign firms' giving direct advice on Chinese law.
China's intellectual property protection continues to improve. At the end of last year, the Beijing High People's Court provided comprehensive guidelines for dealing with patent infringement cases.
(2001) Gao Zhi Zhong Zi No. 13CIVIL JUDGMENTBeing dissatisfied with Civil Judgment (2000) Yi Zhong Zhi Chu Zi No. 107 of the First Intermediate People's…
An examination on the background of China's enterprise tax systems, and its trend to move towards a single tax enterprise structure.
Intellectual property protection in the internet sphere in the PRC remains problematic and shortfalls in current legislation governing domain name dispute resolution are discussed.
New regulations on the import and export of technology mark further progress in liberalizing trade in this area. Obstacles to free trade still remain though, especially in the form of prohibited or restricted products.
Protects the licencing and use of Olympic marks, symbols, mascots, broadcast rights and other intellectual property.
New regulations reflect a gradual opening of the telecom sector to foreign participation, but that's just the beginning as China faces the challenges of reform.
Parallel with the reduction of tariff duties, China enacts new anti-dumping regulations that follow the WTO Anti-dumping Agreement.
A discussion on some guidance on the scope of the new regulations and how they will change the insurance business in China.