By Andrew Gray Paul Schroder King & Wood Mallesons’ Sydney Office
The political impasse over the labour mobility provisions of ChAFTA has been resolved by the Government and the Labor party agreeing to additional labour safeguards. This article examines what has been agreed and the implications and opportunities for business under the labour mobility provisions of ChAFTA.
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By Deng Yong Lin Jia and Wu Wei King & Wood Mallesons’ Dispute Resolution Group
The problem of delayed payments to builders is ancient and is one of the most frequent litigation actions. Article 286 of the Contract Law and the “Official Reply on Issues Concerning the Construction Lien” issued by the Supreme People’s Court on 20 June, 2002, entitle building contractors to a construction lien, which is an effective tool for the builder’s collection of an unpaid project price. However, due to the complexity and diversity of factual issues in each case, and because the aforementioned provisions are not very detailed, there are differing judicial opinions about how the construction lien works.
Using as an example a case we have handled, we will explore whether the sub-contractor or head contractor is entitled to the construction lien.
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By Yang Xiaoli and Jiang Limei, King & Wood Mallesons IP Group
Key issues: The requirements for recognizing whether a prior trade name has certain fame can be lowered under the condition that the relevant party acts in bad faith.
Lexani Wheel Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “Lexani” or “plaintiff”) has been using “LEXANI” as its trade name since 1996. 
(Lexani & design) is a leading brand in the field of custom wheel hubs and wheels. In China, Lexani has authorized third parties to produce “LEXANI” branded wheel hubs in its name since 2005.
On February 5, 2007, a Ms. Wang applied for the registration of trademark “
” (hereinafter referred to as “the opposed mark”) under No. 5888878 in respect of wheel hubs, wheels, and other car related products in class 12. Continue Reading How to Recognize “Certain Fame” of a Prior Trade Name
作者：杨晓莉 江莉梅 金杜律师事务所知识产权部
焦点：在当事人具有恶意的情况下，可以适当降低在先字号“有一定知名度”的认定标准。
Lexani Wheel Corporation（以下简称Lexani公司或原告）于1996年即开始将“LEXANI”作为公司商号持续使用，
（Lexani含设计）是Lexani公司自创品牌，是世界改装轮毂行业的领导品牌。Lexani公司自2005年开始在中国委托第三方生产“LEXANI”品牌的车轮轮彀产品。
2007年2月5日，第三人王某在第12类的“汽车车轮彀、车轮”等商品上申请了第5888878号 “ ”商标（以下简称“被异议商标”）。
Lexani公司以该商标申请侵犯其在先商号权、著作权和在先使用并有一定影响的商标等理由，提起异议申请，商标局和商评委均未支持其申请。
Lexani公司依法向北京市第一中级人民法院（以下简称“一审法院”）提起行政诉讼。在一审诉讼中，Lexani公司补充提交了版权局颁布的作品登记证书，用以证明其对享有著作权。在本案一审庭审程序中，第三人明确表示无法合理解释被异议商标的创意来源。 Continue Reading 在先字号具有一定知名度的认定
作者：金杜律师事务所
2015年11月6日，广州恒大淘宝足球俱乐部股份有限公司（简称“恒大淘宝”）在金杜律师事务所（简称“金杜”）专业法律团队的协助下，成功在全国中小企业股份转让系统挂牌公开转让（“新三板挂牌”），证券代码834338。恒大淘宝新三板挂牌开创了中国足球俱乐部登陆资本市场的先河，成为“亚洲足球第一股”，为中国体育事业注入了新的资本活力。
恒大淘宝是目前中国乃至亚洲最为成功、最具影响力的职业足球俱乐部之一，拥有并运营亚洲范围内顶尖水平的职业足球队及相应的预备队和梯队。目前中国体育产业正在蓬勃发展，随着《中国足球改革发展总体方案》的推出，中国足球的改革与发展已经上升至国家战略层面。恒大淘宝将借助登陆资本市场的机遇，进一步巩固完善公司治理结构，打造世界一流的足球俱乐部。
在本项目中，金杜团队担任恒大淘宝的公司律师，协助恒大集团及恒大淘宝进行了增资及球员资产收益权注入、香港联交所审批等工作，为其提供了全程法律服务。项目负责合伙人为王立新律师、曹余辉律师、肖兰律师和王鹏律师。
By George Zhao, Wang Zhen and Pan Peng King & Wood Mallesons’ Corporate & Securities Group
At the 2015 World Economic Forum in Davos, Premier Li Keqiang stated that China is entering a “new normal” status in which its economy grows at a slower but healthier pace. However, the slowing GDP growth rate has caused concern that China’s outbound investment in Africa will decrease as a result of this ‘new normal’ and some African countries have reportedly already experienced such effects. Continue Reading Where to?-The “New Normal” and the Impact on China’s outbound investment in Africa
作者：赵曰耀 王贞 潘鹏 金杜律师事务所公司证券部
李克强总理在2015年的达沃斯世界经济论坛上指出，中国经济正在进入“新常态”，在这个阶段，中国的经济将保持较慢但更为健康的增长。然而，缓慢增长的GDP使得非洲国家担忧中国的“新常态”会使得中国减少在非洲的投资。据报道，一些国家已经受到了影响。 Continue Reading 何去何从？——新常态及对中国在非洲的投资影响分析
By Malcolm Brennan, Paul Schroder, Jin Xiong and Michael Ting King & Wood Mallesons
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he Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 (“FATLA Bill”) is currently before the Australian Senate as part of a package of reforms to Australia’s foreign investment framework set to be introduced on 1 December 2015. The broad aim of the reform package is to modernise the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 (“FATA”) and strengthen the enforcement of the foreign investment system, while remaining consistent with the Government’s approach to welcoming foreign investment.
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作者：金杜律师事务所 Malcolm Brennan Paul Schroder 熊进 Michael Ting 金杜律师事务所
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2015年外国收购和接管法修订案》（收购法修订案）是澳大利亚将于2015年12月1日开始实施的外国投资框架改革一揽子方案的一部分，目前正在澳大利亚参议院接受审议。此套改革方案的总体目的是对《1975年外国收购和接管法》（收购法）进行现代化修订，加强外国投资体系，同时与政府对外国投资的欢迎态度保持一致。
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