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By Mia Qu King & Wood Mallesons’ IP Litigation Group  Shanghai Office.

As a result of the development of the biomedical industry and the Contract Research Organization (CRO) and Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) business models, China has become one of the most important outsourcing destination countries, acquiring considerable market share of the global outsourcing market. This paper aims to provide an overview of the intellectual property issues as related to biomedical outsourcing in the Chinese context.

I. Types of outsourcing and their respective legal relationships

In practice, there are many different types of possible relationships between pharmaceutical enterprises and CROs, for example: the revenue and risk sharing model, technology sharing model, cooperative management and development model, general research & development (R&D) model and technology service model.
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作者：瞿淼 金杜律师事务所知识产权诉讼组 上海办公室

随着生物医药行业以及CRO (Contract Research Organization，生物医药研发外包)和CMO（Contract Manufacturing Organization，合同制造厂）合作模式的发展，中国作为外包的重要目的地国家之一，已经在全球获得了可观的市场份额。本文将对中国法律制度框架下生物医药外包中的相关知识产权问题进行一个综合的介绍。

外包的类型及相应的法律关系

在实践中药企与CRO的合作可以有多种多样的形式，例如风险共担、收益共享模式、技术资源共享模式、研发管理型合作模式、一般合同研发服务模式等等。但无论商业上采取哪种模式以及双方达成何种商业条款，一般在法律上都能够被界定为某一种或几种特定的法律关系。
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By Denning Jin King & Wood Mallesons’ IP Litigation Group Shanghai Office

In June of 2012, the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People‘s Court issued several orders against individuals responsible for violating a preliminary injunction, including fines and detention. This event was significant because it was the first time a court in Shanghai took such measures to compel enforcement of a preliminary injunction.

In June, 2012, a Belgian Company discovered that a Guangdong Company was likely infringing one of its design patents. According to the Belgian company, the Guangdong Company was selling products with an appearance that was substantially similar to designs covered by the Belgian Compan’s design patent at an exhibition being held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. Subsequently, the Belgian company applied to the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court for a preliminary injunction.
Continue Reading Shanghai Courts Adopt New Methods to Compel Compliance of Preliminary Injunctions in Intellectual Property Infringement Disputes

作者：金立宇 金杜律师事务所IP诉讼组 上海办公室

2012年6月，上海市第一中级人民法院对违反诉前禁令的直接责任人采取了拘留、罚款等强制措施。这是上海法院首次以强制措施强化诉前禁令的执行力。

2012年6月，比利时某公司在上海新国际展览中心举办的“中国国际纺织品机械展览会暨ITMA亚洲展览会”上发现，广东某公司展出的商品在外观上与自己公司的专利产品高度相似。比利时某公司遂立即向上海一中院提出申请，请求裁定该广东公司立即停止在该展会上销售和许诺销售涉嫌侵权的织机产品。上海一中院在申请当日便对申请进行了全面审查，并裁定被申请公司停止在展览会上销售和许诺销售涉嫌侵权产品。
Continue Reading 上海法院首次对违反知识产权侵权纠纷诉前禁令采取强制措施

By Tony Dong and Philip Liu King & Wood Mallesons’ Tax Group

Technology innovation is the engine that will drive the 21st century economy. With growing economic demand for core technologies from Chinese enterprises, recent years have witnessed the robust development of Intellectual Properties (“IP”) transactions in China, in which tax issues are often important elements to consider when structuring IP transactions, especially for the IP transfers carried out in the context of IPOs, mergers, acquisitions, or investment projects. We will discuss in the article the major PRC tax considerations for IP transfers, especially for cross-border IP transactions, with a view to achieve tax optimization and ensure tax compliance for such transactions.

 I .Tax Cost of IP Transfers
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作者：董刚  刘勃 金杜律师事务所税务组

技术创新是21世纪社会的经济增长发动机。近年来，随着中国企业整体经济实力提升和技术创新意识增强，知识产权交易发展十分迅速，而基于上市、并购重组、外商投资等原因进行的知识产权交易，通常金额较大，税务因素对交易至关重要。本文将探讨知识产权转让交易中的税务影响，尤其是跨境交易中需关注的税务问题，以期相关交易能够实现税务优化及合规的目标。

 一、知识产权转让的税务成本

在中国税法框架下，知识产权所有权转让和使用权转让均属于无形资产转让，通常涉及的税种包括所得税（企业所得税或个人所得税）、营业税和印花税。
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By Chen Changhui and Jiang Zhipei King & Wood Mallesons’ IP Legal  Group

For decades, more and more Chinese overseas students and experienced employees in foreign enterprises have been flocking to domestic enterprises. In some cases, these employees have successfully developed products, that had been monopolized by enterprises in western countries in the name of trade secrets. Thus, Chinese enterprises are highly vulnerable to allegations by transnational enterprises of trade secret infringement. For Chinese enterprises, how to avoid falling into the pitfall of trade secret infringement and relevant legal risks, is the more immediate issue.

A trade secret falls within the protective scope of intellectual property (“IP”) laws. It refers to technical or business information which is not generally known to the public, but which has utility and can bring economic benefits to the right holder; the right holder must also have taken security measures to keep the information secret.
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作者：陈长会 蒋志培 金杜律师事务所专利组

近十年来，越来越多留学人员和外企职员涌向国内企业，并且凭借在外企积累的丰富经验成功开发出原被西方公司作为商业秘密加以垄断的产品。此时，一些跨国公司很容易将相关中国企业看成侵犯商业秘密的嫌犯；而这些国内企业如何防止落入侵犯商业秘密的陷阱和避开商业秘密的法律风险，更加突出地提到我们的面前。

 商业秘密是一种不为公众所知悉并难以获得、能为权利人带来经济利益、具有实用性并经权利人采取保密措施的技术信息或者商业信息，属于知识产权法保护的范围。商业秘密最大特点是其边界模糊性，即使是一个清晰配方或图纸，也往往是商业秘密和公知技术的混杂体。因此，商业秘密纠纷往往案情复杂，程序繁琐，判断困难，主观性强。
Continue Reading 走出去企业如何避免和应对商业秘密纠纷

By Dang Zhe and Jiang Zhipei King & Wood Mallesons’IP Litigation Group

This spring has witnessed several important moves in copyright law related legislation in China. On March 31, the National Copyright Administration issued the draft of the PRC Copyright Law (Revised Draft) (the “Draft”)to gauge public opinion. Indeed the articles on copyright liability for ISPs caused heated discussion. On April 22, the Supreme People’s Court, in a similar attempt to gauge public opinion, issued the exposure draft of the Regulation of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law Involving Civil Disputes over Cases of Information Network Dissemination Right Infringement (Exposure Draft) (the “Exposure Draft”), which contains more comprehensive and specific provisions on the copyright infringement liability of Internet Service Providers (“ISPs”). Although these two documents are not in force yet, they can be assessed to better understand the legislative and judicial intent of the national copyright administration and the highest judicial organ on the copyright related legal liability for ISPs.
Continue Reading New Trends in Legislation on the Adjudication for Copyright Related Legal Liability for Internet Service Providers