China introduces new rules to "purify" online video content
China - August 10 2017 With effect from 1 July 2017, new rules have been introduced by the China Netcasting Services Association ("CNSA") which increase the regulatory...
Reking Chen, Edward Chatterton.
China's Supreme People’s Court Switches Approach on Trademark Co-Existence Agreements for Google’s “Nexus” Marks
China - May 11 2017 Two recent decisions of the Supreme People's Court in China have allowed, for the first time, similar marks to co-exist on the Register in respect...
Draft Amendment To The Anti-Unfair Competition Law Pending Final Review
China - April 24 2017 The Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council of PRC recently published a draft amendment to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law ("AUCL") for...
Judicial interpretation governing administrative trademark appeals effective on March 1
China - March 17 2017 On January 10, 2017, the Supreme People's Court of China (the SPC) promulgated a judicial interpretation concerning trademarks, entitled the SPC...
Reking Chen, Edward Chatterton.
Stricter PRC online advertising regulation in response to search scandal
China - December 5 2016 The China State Administration of Industry and Commerce's Online Advertising Regulation (Regulation) came into force on September 1, 2016. The...
Ian Jebbitt, Edward Chatterton.
