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Antitrust enforcement against abuse of IPRs and anti-competitive conduct in the high technology sector - an update from China

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • May 14 2013

On April 26, 2013, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce ("SAIC") - one of China's three antitrust law enforcement bodies - noted on its

Recent developments in Chinese merger control - MOFCOM shifts up a gear

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • May 9 2013

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") has stepped up its merger control activities on many fronts in recent weeks, issuing ground-breaking

Antitrust hangover in the liquor industry Chinese white liquor producers fined for setting distributors' resale prices

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • March 6 2013

The National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC") has once again shown that it is an antitrust enforcer to be reckoned with. Less than two

Chinese SOE unable to extricate itself from US antitrust litigation against vitamin C exporters

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • February 18 2013

On 8 February 2013, a New York federal judge denied a motion by North China Pharmaceutical Group Corp. ("NCPGC") for summary judgment in

Antitrust issues continue flaring up in China's IT sector

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • February 4 2013

On 30 and 31 January 2013, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce ("SAIC") posted a press release and a brief question-and-answer

EU and China sign agreement to deepen antitrust cooperation

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China, European Union
  • -
  • September 28 2012

On 20 September 2012, the European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") on cooperation in the area of anti-monopoly law with China's National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC") and State Administration for Industry and Commerce ("SAIC"

New filing form to increase burden in Chinese merger control process

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • June 13 2012

On 6 June, 2012, China's Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") posted online a revised template form for filing merger clearance applications in China

New law on internet services addressing competition and personal information protection

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • March 5 2012

On 29 December 2011, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology ("MIIT"), the internet and telecoms industry regulator promulgated the Regulating the Internet Information Service Market Order Several Provisions (the "Internet Information Service Provisions"

China VIE structure for foreign investment under attack from multiple directions: will it emerge (relatively) unscathed or is its very survival threatened?

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • January 20 2012

Historically the VIE structure and its predecessors essentially came about as a "workaround" to allow indirect non-equity based "investment" in industries in China in which foreign investment was restricted or prohibited, e.g., telecommunications services and media

MOFCOM gets serious about unreported M&A transactions

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • January 18 2012

The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China (“MOFCOM”) passed the Provisional Measures on the Investigation and Handling of Concentrations between Business Operators which were Not Notified in accordance with the Law (the “Provisional Measures”) on 30 December 2011, and uploaded them on its website on 5 January 2012