By Lin Jiuchu, Zhang Jiaqi and Xu Huiwen King & Wood Mallesons’ IP group
Case profileOn 10 June 2015, ROYER BRANDS INTERNATIONAL S.A.R.L. (“Royer”) filed an application with the PRC Trademark Office (“CTMO”) to register trademark No. 17165854 “
” for designated goods in Class 14. This class includes unprocessed and semi-processed precious metals, jewelry boxes, sleeve buttons, cufflinks, jewelry, watches and so on.
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By Mark Schaub, David Hong and Atticus Zhao King & Wood Mallesons’ Corporate & Securities group
The smartphone is ubiquitous in our daily lives.
For many people life without a smartphone is simply unthinkable.
There is probably no nation which loves smartphones more dearly than China – all 640 million of them. In China smartphones are used to pay bills, make bank transfers, buy a coffee, hail a taxi, organize a train ticket, order food delivery, hire a house cleaner, hire a chef, messaging, browse the internet and in some rare cases they are even used to call people.
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By Chen Bing and Yang Yue King & Wood Mallesons’ Corporate & Securities group
Since the melamine milk scandal in 2008, there has been constant reform to the supervision of the infant formula industry. Registration of infant formula milk powder (“Infant Formula”) is probably one of the most significant changes. It will greatly affect all the industry players.
From 1 January 2018, the Infant Formula registration requirements in the new Food Safety Law came fully into force. Infant Formula products, either domestically manufactured or imported through general trade, must obtain formula registration before they can be sold in the PRC. This requirement will impact thousands of Infant Formula brands in the market – a great portion of which will not survive this change.
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By Wang Kaiding, Huang Mengting and Tang Xinran King & Wood Mallesons’ Corporate & Securities group
On 26 December 2017, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) issued the Administrative Measures for Enterprise Outbound Investment[1] (“Regulation No. 11”) which will come into force on 1 March 2018.
Regulation No. 11 contains six chapters and 66 articles. Compared to the 2014 Administrative Measures for the Verification and Record-filing on Outbound Investment Projects[2] (“Regulation No. 9”), there are several significant changes. The change of the regulation’s title indicates that monitoring of outbound investments will no longer be limited to pre-transaction “verification” and “record-filing”, but will also cover the periods during and after transactions.
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By Jiang Junlu and Liu Chang King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory group
Allan, an American citizen, is the vice president of the headquarters of a Fortune 500 company. He has been travelling on business frequently between China and the United States, and sometimes, on major projects, he has to stay in China for months. Allan would like his wife and his 6-year-old daughter to join him from time to time and so that they could also know more about the charm of oriental culture.
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By Sandra Link King & Wood Mallesons’ Frankfurt group
1. German Automotive IndustryGermany is famous for its cars such as Mercedes (Daimler), BMW, Audi and Volkswagen. But not only the big names characterize the automotive industry in Germany. In the automotive supply sector, the German Mittelstand that is often characterized as the engine of the German economy, dominates the industry. The German Mittelstand is mainly composed of small and medium-sized family companies that have a special leadership style and a strong regional base (often outside the big cities) and are not seldom global hidden champion in their business field.
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By King & Wood Mallesons
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) advised Comsys Financial Leasing (Comsys) on its acquisition and finance leasing of an A380 aircraft to Mauritius-based operating lessor, Veling Group (Veling), with a 12 year operating lease attached to Emirates. Comsys financed its acquisition of the aircraft with a secured loan from a PRC policy bank.
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By Mark Schaub and Atticus Zhao King & Wood Mallesons’ Corporate & Securities group
China obviously has big plans for autonomous vehicles.
A major step forward showing the Chinese government’s resolve and its multi-faceted plans it has for this key sector was when on 5 January 2018, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) issued a draft Strategy for Innovation and Development of Intelligent Vehicles (“Draft Strategy”) for public comment. [1]
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By Susan NING and Han WU King & Wood Mallesons’ Commercial & Regulatory group.
2017 saw the official implementation of the Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China (“Cybersecurity Law”), building on past efforts and bringing new implications for the future. The implementation of the Cybersecurity Law brought clarity to cybersecurity regulations in various industries. Meanwhile, under the new regulatory system, coordination between the National Cyberspace Administration (CAC) and competent industry authorities has led to the implementation of the Cybersecurity Law that marks a new stage of development for China’s cybersecurity supervision.
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By Sam Farrands, Tao Zhangqi, Zhao Xianlong, Lin Jia and Deng Yong King & Wood Mallesons
The most significant Belt & Road Project, the Greater Bay Area Initiative is the central government’s plan to link the cities of Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Zhongshan, Dongguan, Huizhou, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing into an integrated economic hub. The current population of the Greater Bar Area is approximately 68 million people with a combined GDP of over US$1.3 trillion. By 2030 it is forecast to grow to 86 million, with GDP expected to exceed US$4.6 trillion.
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