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The new Chinese Patent Law

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • China
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  • May 13 2009

Sweeping changes to the Chinese Patent Law (CPL) will come into effect on 1 October 2009

Update on judicial interpretation of arbitration

  • Bird & Bird
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  • China
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  • July 12 2007

In September 2006, a new “interpretation” of the PRC Arbitration Law issued by the Supreme People’s Court came into effect

Formula 1 wins trade mark infringement case

  • Bird & Bird
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  • China
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  • April 26 2007

Formula One Licensing BV, holder of over 160 trade mark applicationsregistrations in China, including “F1” and “Formula 1” in Class 25 for “clothing”, authorised its licensee Formula One Management, to sue nine companies located in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing for selling garments bearing the “F1”, “F1 JEANS” and “F One” marks

Shanghai appeal court upheld “Starbucks” infringement

  • Bird & Bird
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  • China
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  • April 26 2007

In December 2005, Starbucks, known as Xing Ba Ke in many Chinese-speaking territories, finally won a long drawn-out lawsuit in Shanghai against a Chinese coffee shop under the same Chinese name, and was awarded RMB500,000

More environmental protection standards for the electronics industry - the Chinese version of the RoHS

  • Bird & Bird
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  • China
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  • April 30 2007

Two years ago the European Union issued two environmental directives relating to the use of hazardous substances in the manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment and for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment - respectively, the RoHS and WEEE Directives ("European Directives"

Proposed amendments to the PRC Trade Mark Law

  • Bird & Bird
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  • China
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  • May 16 2008

A draft of the third amendment to the Trade Mark Law of the PRC (the "Proposed Amendments") was released to the public for comments and feedback in August 2007

The new Chinese patent law

  • Bird & Bird
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  • China
  • -
  • October 16 2009

On 1 October 2009 a new patent law came into effect in China bringing fundamental changes to the pre-existing law, and moving Chinese practice on patent prosecution and litigation further into line with current practice in other major countries

Jurisdiction of administrative IP cases in China

  • Bird & Bird
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  • China
  • -
  • October 16 2009

On 1 July 2009 the new "Regulation on the Division of Work in Hearing of Administrative Cases Regarding Grant and Confirmation of Patents, Trademarks and Other Intellectual Property Rights" (the "Regulation") issued by the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China came into force

Employment update - China

  • Bird & Bird
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  • China
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  • June 15 2009

On 1 January 2009, the Chinese Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security promulgated the Arbitration Rules for Handling Personnel and Labor Disputes Cases ("Rules"

Tax benefits for hi-tech enterprises in China

  • Bird & Bird
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  • China
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  • June 13 2008

Following the issuance of the new Enterprise Income Tax Law and its implementing regulations in 2007, the Ministry of Science and Technology (“MOST”), the Ministry of Finance (“MOF”) and the State Administration of Taxation (“SAT”) promulgated on 14 April 2008 the Administrative Measures for Designation of High- and New-Technology Enterprises (the “Measures”) and the accompanying catalogue of High- and New-Technology Sectors Designated for Key State Support (the “Hi-Tech Sector Catalogue”

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