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Resale price maintenance: is it 'per se' illegal in china?

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • China
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  • February 6 2013

In recent weeks, there have been a number of high-profile enforcement actions against resale price maintenance practices in China. Despite this

PRC patent law: new implementing regulations and Supreme Court interpretation

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • China
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  • March 19 2010

The third revisions to the PRC Patent Law came into effect on 1 October 2009

China's Supreme People's Court gets tough on credit card crime

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • China
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  • February 17 2010

The Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate announced a judicial interpretation that clarifies several Criminal Law articles concerning credit card fraud

Shift of burden of proof in money laundering cases in China

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • China
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  • February 17 2010

In November 2009 the Supreme People's Court announced a judicial interpretation that partially reverses the burden of proof for the "knowledge" element (similar to mens rea at common law) in money laundering offences

Baidu judgment the development of antitrust jurisprudence in China

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • China
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  • December 30 2009

The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court recently dismissed a private antitrust suit filed by Tangshan Renren Information Services (Renren) in which Renren alleged that Chinese search engine provider Baidu had abused its dominant position

First reported case of a China ICC award being enforced in China

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • China
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  • October 30 2009

There has long been interest over whether courts in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), when confronted by an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) award made in the PRC, would recognise and enforce it

China Supreme People’s Court’s guidance on handling contracts affected by the economic crisis

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • China
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  • August 20 2009

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) Supreme People’s Court’s (SPC) recent Interpretations and Guiding Opinion on PRC Contract Law provide much needed guidance on several controversial areas that have regularly arisen in PRC arbitrations and litigations

Retrial cases shifted to courts of higher level in China

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • China
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  • August 26 2008

The PRC Civil Procedure Law has been amended with effect from 1 April 2008 and the relevant standards of case acceptance in various levels of the people’s courts throughout the PRC have been adjusted accordingly

Parties now have two years to enforce arbitral awards in China

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • China
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  • August 26 2008

Under the old PRC regime, parties were given one year to enforce arbitral awards against individuals and six months against companies

Draft provisions on serving judicial documents in civil or commercial cases involving Hong Kong and Macau

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • China, Hong Kong
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  • August 26 2008

After extensive study and consultation with relevant authorities, No. 4 Civil Court of the Supreme People’s Court released on 13 December 2007 ‘several provisions concerning the serving of judicial documents in respect of Hong Kong and Macau civil and commercial cases (draft for comments)’ for public consultation