By Dang Zhe He Shijia King & Wood Mallesons’ IP group
On 30 December 2016, the KWM IP litigation team helped US Deere & Company and its Chinese subsidiary John Deere (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (“Deere China”) win at first instance a lawsuit involving trademark infringement and unfair competition. The Beijing IP Court confirmed that Deere & Company’s trademarks, “JOHN DEERE” in Classes 7 and 12, and “约翰.迪尔” in Class 7 were well-known marks It ordered the three defendants to cease infringement,, make a public statement to eliminate adverse effects, found unfair competition and awarded the plaintiff RMB 5 million in punitive damages and RMB 360,000 in reasonable expenses. On 10 January 2017, at a press release for the second anniversary of the Beijing IP Court, the case was selected as a paradigm of “strengthening judicial protection of IPRs”.
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By Yonah Baker and Daniella Phair. King & Wood Mallesons’ Melbourne office.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a non-profit policy research organisation in the United States, estimates that the theft of data and other IP results in a global cost between $450-600 billion each year.
To help counter this threat, the CSIS recently published a set of cybersecurity recommendations for the incoming Trump administration (CSIS Recommendations). In fact, cybersecurity issues were a recurring concern throughout the recent US presidential election campaign, and despite the CSIS recommending against a wholesale review, it was widely thought that on coming into power President Trump would sign an executive order mandating an immediate review of all US cyber defences and vulnerabilities. While no such order has yet been made, there is every likelihood that the Trump administration will give weight to the CSIS Recommendations, with Karen Evans, the co-chair of the recommendation taskforce, being a member of Trump’s transition team.
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作者：Yonah Baker 和 Daniella Phair 金杜律师事务所墨尔本办公室
据美国非营利政策研究组织战略与国际研究中心（CSIS）估算，每年因数据和其他知识产权失窃造成全球损失约4500亿至6000亿美元。
为抵御这一威胁，CSIS最近向特朗普政府提出了一系列网络安全建议（CSIS建议）。事实上，网络安全是最近美国总统大选中反复讨论的一个问题，尽管CSIS不建议进行一次全面审查，但普遍认为特朗普总统上台后将签署一项行政命令，要求立即审查所有美国的网络防御措施和薄弱点。虽然该命令尚未发出，但特朗普政府会非常重视CSIS建议，因为该建议的工作组联席主席凯伦•伊文思（Karen Evans）是特朗普总统过渡团队的一员。
总体上看，CSIS建议旨在改进美国政府的网络安全措施，调整国际战略，强调与目标一致的国家合作遏制攻击者。CSIS认为，由于私营部门目前还无法靠一己之力有效消除网络安全威胁，因此需要加强政府干预来提升网络安全措施。CSIS建议与澳大利亚政府于2016年初发布的未来四年网络安全战略高度一致。
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By Jiang Junlu Pei Xiu King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory group
Since the idea of the Ethnic Chinese Card (“ECC”) was raised by Hong GUO (Director of the Administrative Committee of Zhongguancun) on 27 November 2015, Chinese communities worldwide have been following the discussion with interest.
On 13 March 2016, Yuanping QIU, Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, stated in an interview that China had no plans to launch the ECC. At the end of 2016, the ECC once again came into the media spotlight, but the most recent official statement remains that of Director QIU. The Administrative Committee of Zhongguancun has proposed to pilot the ECC system but when this will happen is unclear.
What exactly is the ECC? How will it affect Chinese foreign nationals in China? What would be its social implications? This article will discuss these questions.
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作者：姜俊禄 裴修 金杜律师事务所商务合规部
自2015年11月27日中关村管委会主任郭洪首次提出“华裔卡”概念以来，社会各界和海外华人一直在密切关注“华裔卡”实施情况。然而紧接着，2016年3月13日，中国国务院侨务办公室主任裘援平接受采访时表示，还没有考虑出台“华裔卡”。
2016年底，与“华裔卡”相关的新闻再度进入大众视野，然而针对“华裔卡”的最新官方表态仍停留在2016年3月13日裘主任的发言。经咨询曾提出要试点“华裔卡”制度的中关村管委会，关于“华裔卡”的最新动态是——目前中关村尚未开始实施“华裔卡”，并且“华裔卡”何时会开始实施，目前仍不清楚。
如此具有话题性的 “华裔卡”究竟是什么？它对华裔在中国大陆的衣食住行有什么影响？实施“华裔卡”有何社会意义？我们将在以下内容中为您展开叙述。
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By Lucy Lu, Lexina Li and Enya Yang King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercila & Regulatory group
Annual leave is an important reflection of the right to rest granted by law to employees. The introduction of the annual leave system has made the taking of holidays a hot topic amongst both employees and employers.
Mr. Zhang, a resident of Zhangjiang, Shanghai, quit his job on 10 March 2012. Four days later, on 14 March 2012, he commenced employment with a new company. For the following five years he worked relentlessly without taking annual leave. At the end of 2016, Zhang’s employers decided not to renew his contract. They refused to compensate him for the five years of annual leave he had accrued whilst working for them. Compensation that we say he is entitled to.
In this article, we answer questions around the implementation of paid annual leave using the case of Mr Zhang as an example.
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