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On February 20, 2020, Law No. 47-20 (the "Law") was signed into law. This Law establishes a legal framework to regulare the commencement, selection, awarding, procurement, execution, follow-up, and extinction of public-p ...

1. Keep calm – In the words of Douglas Adams DON’T PANIC, these are uncertain times but at some point life will return to normal and people will need the service/product you provide. 2. People – Follow Public Heal ...

In recent years, the Chinese government and the China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) have been promoting enforcement of patent rights through administrative actions. In a recent notice publi ...

Trademark squatting has long been the foremost concern for foreign companies wishing to enter the Chinese market, and the new Chinese Trademark Law efffective from November 2019 has stepped up to combat trademark squatti ...

The PRC Copyright Law is a progressive enactment which provides a full range of protection to copyright and related rights in line with the Berne Convention. The various amendments to the Copyright Law reflect China's de ...

Authors: Andrew Shute, Partner & Lara Radik, Special Counsel On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19, also referred to as Novel Coronavirus, a pandemic (an infectious disease outbreak that spre ...