2020年5月21日，美国参议会一致同意通过了《让外国公司负责法案》（“HFCAC法案”）。该法案如果变成法律，将会适用于在美国证券交易所上市的中概股，要求该类公司遵守美国法规及审计标准和信息共享，否则将面临退市的可能，尽管这样做可能会导致中概股违反中国法律。
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Chinese Update – U.S. Listed Chinese Companies and the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act
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On May 21, 2020, the United States Senate passed the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (the “Bill”) with unanimous consent. The Bill would, if it becomes law, apply to Chinese companies listed on U.S. securities exchanges and require them to comply with U.S. regulatory and audit standards and information sharing or face the likelihood of delisting, notwithstanding that to do so may result in a breach of Chinese law.
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股东和董事：基本程序会给你带来的麻烦
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2019年2月，英国高等法院就关于董事任命的书面决议无效后对后续管理人任命的影响做出了判决。…
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Shareholders and directors: where basic procedures can trip you up
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In February 2019, the UK’s High Court was asked to consider the effects of an invalid appointment of a director, via written resolution, on the subsequent appointment of administrators.
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买方在送达通知时应阅读细则
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英国上诉法院近日就有关股份购买协议项下单方通知的解释做出了判决。…
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Buyers read the fine print when serving notices
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The construction of unilateral notices under share purchase agreements was recently considered by the UK’s Court of Appeal.
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A new ground to defend bad faith trademark registration – CNIPA rules that new trademark application should reasonably yield to prior trademark right if the applicant has full awareness of other’s prior trademark
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Trademark squatting has been a common occurrence in China for many years, and even been a kind of “business” by trademark squatters, which has caused huge troubles to brand owners. It is not the case, as ordinary people might think, that all types of trademark squatting can be regulated by the explicit provisions of existing laws, otherwise the phenomenon would not be so difficult to eradicate.
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明知他人商标的存在，在申请新的商标时理应合理避让
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长期以来，商标抢注现象在中国屡见不鲜，甚至曾经成为一门“生意”，给品牌拥有者带来无穷烦恼，因为并非如普通人所想像的那样，针对各类抢注行为都能利用现行法律的明确规定予以规制，否则商标抢注现象也就不会长期难以根治。…
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First Trademark Infringement and Unfair Competition Case regarding Parallel Import Concluded by Guangzhou IP Court
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Recently, Guangzhou IP Court ruled on its first trademark infringement and unfair competition case regarding parallel import, in which it found such acts should neither constitute trademark infringement nor unfair competition.
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广州知识产权法院首例涉平行进口商标侵权及不正当竞争纠纷尘埃落定
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平行进口通常指”未经知识产权权利人的同意，将国外合法生产的产品进口到国内”的行为。中国司法实践中对该行为的合法性尚无相关明确规定。在该案中，广州市南沙区人民法院及广州知识产权法院均认为，在平行进口的产品系在国外合法生产的正品的情况下，平行进口行为并不构成商标侵权及不正当竞争。…
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