Chinese developer sues Apple for removing its app from the App Store; CSRC requires increased shareholder returns to boost stock prices; and Foreigners are choosing to work remotely instead of moving to China
SAMR defines relevant markets for standard essential patents. Arbitration Law draft provides for interim measures. CSRC issues rules to instruct listed companies to manage its market value.
As China prepares to introduce a long-awaited increase in the statutory retirement age for both men and women, Guo Wei and Wu Hantong of Tian Yuan Law Firm examine the impact of this sweeping domestic change on foreign-invested enterprises
SAMR tightens rules on SEPs to protect competition; Lawsuit defines scope of search engines’ obligations on search result algorithms; and China promotes carbon neutrality in new environmental energy law.
A foreign investor is allowed to subscribe for new shares of a listed company as a placement target determined by means of competitive bidding. NMPA clarifies the qualifications of a foreign-invested enterprise that may produce imported medical devices in China. Large data security incidents are required to be reported to the local industry regulator.
As the international picture remains uncertain, Chris Niewoehner, Jessica Rothschild and Lin Yang of Steptoe LLP examine the particular challenges faced by Chinese companies caught up in U.S. criminal cases
