In the last 15 years or so, our buying habits changed dramatically with the global rise of online shops like Amazon or German Zalando. In China, e-commerce is even bigger. This is why the country wants stricter regulation of the booming online retail industry and more requirements for e-commerce participants. But does China’s new e-commerce… Continue reading China’s New E-Commerce Law
Category: Law
Webinar Invitation: Pharma and Biotech in China
Changes in legal framework, successful market entry and IP protection Thursday, 29. January 2019 | 10:00 – 11:00 EST / 16:00 – 17:00 CET China is the world’s second largest market for pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Many Western manufacturers are still reluctant in entering the Chinese market. So far, their reasoning often included non-transparent regulations… Continue reading Webinar Invitation: Pharma and Biotech in China
Great Wall of Consequences
China once again tightens the measures against IP rights infringers and strengthens own control over companies and managers. 38 Chinese state-level authorities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on December 5, 2018. Central message of the document is that authorities – including the National Intellectual Property Administration and the Supreme People’s Court – are working… Continue reading Great Wall of Consequences
Cybersecurity Law: Company Inspections by the Chinese Police
With a new regulation on the Cybersecurity Law enforcement, China enables the state police, Public Security Bureaus (PSB), to inspect companies in regard to their cybersecurity compliance. The regulation comes into force on November 1, 2018 and aims at Internet providers and “network using companies”. The definition of network using companies however is extremely vague… Continue reading Cybersecurity Law: Company Inspections by the Chinese Police
Cyberspace Regulation: New Cyber Courts and the E-Commerce Law
China further innovates and adapts its legal environment to the challenges of the digital era by opening two cyberspace courts (link to the article) and introducing its new E-Commerce Law (link to the article). At the two new cyberspace courts in Beijing and Guangzhou, highly specialized judges will handle Internet-related cases. The whole procedure will… Continue reading Cyberspace Regulation: New Cyber Courts and the E-Commerce Law
China and EU: First Steps in Harmonization of IP Protection
The new China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) and the European Patent Office (EPO) set plans for their future cooperation in Munich on September 21, 2018. It was the first meeting of CNIPA and EPO since the Chinese trademark and patent administration merged into a single administration in August (link to the article). CNIPA is,… Continue reading China and EU: First Steps in Harmonization of IP Protection
Internet Plus: SIPO‘s Plan for IP Protection in the Digital Era
China’s Patent Office has issued a plan for using the ever growing volumes of available data and intelligent algorithms for IP protection. SIPO aims at building a centralized smart system for recognition of infringements till 2020. The system is expected to support the persecution of piracy and counterfeiting by means of online fake identification, permanent… Continue reading Internet Plus: SIPO‘s Plan for IP Protection in the Digital Era
Non-Use Cancellation: Defense against Bad-Faith Filings
When a foreign company decides to register its trademark in China, it is not uncommon that the application is rejected by the authorities. The reason: a Chinese company or an individual has already registered the trademark before, with an objective to capitalize on it later. This tactic is known as trademark hijacking, when a Chinese… Continue reading Non-Use Cancellation: Defense against Bad-Faith Filings
GDPR vs. Brand Protection
The GDPR is supposed to make data protection easier and to provide extra protection for EU citizens. In some aspects the GDPR has fulfilled its purpose; in other areas the GDPR makes the protection of those same EU citizens as customers much more difficult. With the GDPR it is a lot more difficult to fight… Continue reading GDPR vs. Brand Protection
China’s International Commercial Courts
In January we have reported about China’s plans to establish own International Commercial Courts, in particular for settling disputes alongside the New Silk Road: https://en.blog.chinabrand.de/2018/01/30/china-establishes-its-own-international-courts-along-the-new-silk-road/. Less than half a year later, the first International Commercial Courts (CICC) have already been launched in Shenzhen and Xi’an. This is another example of the breathtaking speed of the… Continue reading China’s International Commercial Courts
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