By King & Wood’s Trademark Practice Foreign companies often have concerns regarding whether the litigation process in an overseas venue will be efficiently handled by the relevant courts. In China, given the large increase in IP-related lawsuits in recent years, this is a reasonable concern. In 2009, P.R.C. courts had concluded 6,262 cases with a… Continue Reading
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National Campaign to “Crack Down” on Intellectual Property Rights (“IPRs”) Violations: Economic Development through Improved IPR Enforcement
Posted in Intellectual PropertyBy Richard Wigley of King & Wood’s Intellectual Property Group Background on the Campaign High rates of intellectual property rights (“IPRs”) infringement in China have in recent years been of increasing concern to foreign and domestic rights holders alike. Though, as China is a developing country, such high rates of infringement are, arguably, to some… Continue Reading
Offering Gifts of Travel and Entertainment in China – What if the Recipient is a State Functionary
Posted in Dispute Resolution, Foreign InvestmentBy Ariel Ye and James Rowland, King & Wood’s Cross Border Litigation & Arbitration Group Many foreign business operators report that they are concerned about the risks associated with entertaining their business partners in China, even when providing meals or offering to pay for travel and accommodation costs of a low value.
China’s Lost Treasures: Retrieval of Looted Cultural Relics
Posted in Dispute Resolution, International TradeBrief introduction of the currently effective international conventions regarding protection of the looted cultural properties, and the limitation of these conventions as well as the legal hardships for China to retrieve looted cultural properties from abroad.