作者：金杜律师事务所
2016年11月26日，在IPRdaily主办的“2016全球知识产权生态大会（GIPC）”颁奖盛典上，金杜律师事务所被评为“2016年度中国专利代理十强”。本次大会以“知识产权大运营”为主题。国家知识产权局专利管理司司长雷筱云、北京市知识产权局副局长周砚及法国驻华大使馆知识产权参赞白金等有关部门、行业组织和国际机构的领导到会并致辞。来自全球知识产权业界的精英600人出席了大会。 Continue Reading 金杜跻身“2016年度中国专利代理十强”
“滥用相对优势地位”何去何从？
Abuse of Dominance: New Developments in the Tetra Pak Decision
By Susan Ning Kate Peng Gao Sibo and Zhang Kai King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory goup
On 16 November 2016, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (“SAIC”) published its administrative penalty decision to fine Tetra Pak (“TP”) for abuse of dominant market position. The SAIC imposed a fine totaling RMB 667.7 million bringing an end to a case that started in January 2012 and lasted for almost five years.
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For Occupational Health, Have You Done Your Best?
By Luo Ai , Xie Minru and Guo Xian King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory group
Occupational diseases are defined as the diseases employees suffer due to their exposure to toxic or harmful factors such as dust and radioactive substances as a result of occupational activities. Companies should be responsible for the prevention and control of occupational disease. However, in practice, many companies usually ignore it at first and eventually pay a high price when hazards in the workplace have led to serious illness. For example, an international high-tech supplier ignored occupational health management and broke the law by using toxic solvents between 2008 and 2009, leading to 137 employees of the company poisoned by the chemical n-hexane. After the incident happened, the company was not only liable to pay huge compensation to all the affected employees but also subject to several administrative penalties, including corrections within a prescribed time limit and a large amount of fine.
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职业卫生管理，企业你用尽“洪荒之力”了吗？
作者：罗艾 谢敏茹 郭娴 金杜律师事务所商务合规部
劳动者在职业活动中，因接触粉尘、放射性物质和其他有毒、有害因素而引起的疾病为职业病。用人单位是职业病防治的责任主体，并对本单位产生的职业病危害承担责任，但是实践中企业对待职业病隐患却时常侥幸大意，但当职业病隐患这把“悬在企业头顶的利剑”落下时，往往付出了沉重的代价。例如某国际高科技公司的供应商在2008、2009年间因违法、违规使用有毒化学溶剂，忽视职业卫生管理，导致共计有137名员工陆续出现“正己烷中毒”症状。职业病一触即发后，该企业既要对一百多名员工承担高额的赔偿责任，还要承受来自于行政机关包括责令整改、巨额罚款等处罚。
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保证保险合同是独立保函吗？
作者：陈胜 石赫 张萧萧 金杜律师事务所争议解决部
近日，最高人民法院发布了《关于审理独立保函纠纷案件若干问题的规定》（以下称“规定”），该司法解释对独立保函内涵和外延做了相应规定。近年来关于保证保险合同的纠纷案件也日益增多，然而法院对保证保险合同的性质却存在较大的争议。有些法院将保证保险合同定性为保证合同，从而适用担保法来确定合同当事人之间的权利义务关系；也有法院将保证保险合同定性为财产保险合同，从而适用保险法来确定当事人之间的权利义务关系。银行业金融机构与保险公司在此方面的分歧较大，以至于在最高院公布的《保险法》司法解释之中对这一问题并未明确予以定性。《规定》的出台为这一领域的纷争又增添了变数，独立保函与保证保险合同是否具有相似性？是否可以参考独立保函的相关规定来认定保证保险合同项下当事人之间的权利义务关系值得研究和讨论。
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“七剑”下天山——评利乐案的要点和突破
Data protection at home and abroad: a comparison of approaches
By Peter Bullock King & Wood Mallesons’ Hong Kong office.
Data protection is not yet as high on the agendas of the boards of Chinese companies as it is for multi-national companies (“MNCs”). This is hardly surprising, as China has no designated data protection regulator, has only recently started writing significant regulations in this area, and lists only very modest fines for infringements. Given the disparity of experience between Chinese companies and MNCs, it is worth unpacking what makes data protection such an important issue for many and to test the temperature as to where regulation might go in China in the future.
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国内外数据保护方法比较
作者：潘乐（Peter Bullock）金杜律师事务所香港办公室
中国企业的董事会远没有像跨国企业一样将数据保护列入首要议事日程。这并不奇怪，中国没有专门的数据保护监管机构，仅仅最近才开始起草相关法规，对违反行为规定的罚金也很有限。鉴于中资企业和跨国公司在这方面的差异，我们有必要讨论为什么数据保护对许多企业十分重要，并探讨中国数据保护监管的未来走向。
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Unlocking the power of battery storage data in Australia
By Scott Gardiner and Lauren Murphy. King & Wood Mallesons’ Sydney office
Rising rates of solar power and battery uptake present an unprecedented opportunity for Australia’s energy consumers. To truly harness the market potential, however, they must leverage technological advances such as better quality, real-time consolidated data.
While data accessibility has improved significantly in the renewables sector in recent years, data usage has remained limited for distributed energy resources. This is expected to change as energy storage becomes cheaper and more accessible for consumers.
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