China Promulgates Supporting Rules for its Law on Foreign State Immunities - 15 April 2025
On 26 March 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court issued a Notice on procedural matters related to civil cases involving foreign state immunity as a supporting rule for the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Foreign State Immunity ...
DOJ’s New Data Regulation: Implications for U.S. Businesses Working with China - 11 April 2025
On April 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) enacted a landmark regulation titled the “Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons” Rule (“the Rule”) ...
China Issues Benchmark for Punishment on Illegal Implementation of the Concentration of Undertakings - 10 April 2025
On March 25, 2025, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued a notice regarding the Benchmark for Discretion over Administrative Penalties for the Illegal Implementation of Concentrations of Undertakings (for Trial Implementation) ...
China: Interim Measures for the Administration of Compliance Data Reporting in Online Transactions - 10 April 2025
On April 2, 2025, the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) issued the Interim Measures for the Administration of Compliance Data Reporting in Online Transactions ...
Australian Federal Court Considers AI Practice Statement - 7 April 2025
On 28 March 2025, the Australian Federal Court issued a notice discussing plans for the Court to issue a Guideline or Practice Statement on the use of Artificial Intelligence, especially Generative Artificial Intelligence ("AI"), by courts and in court proceedings ...
Cyberspace Administration of China Releases Draft Amendment to Cybersecurity Law for Public Comment - 3 April 2025
On 28 March 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released the Draft Amendment to the PRC Cybersecurity Law seeking public opinion until 27 April 2025 ...
Tesla Delays Rollout of Full Self-Driving Software Updates in China Due to Regulatory Issues - 2 April 2025
The recent pausing of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) plans further highlights the critical importance of product access and compliance management for companies. ...
China Issues New Regulations on Facial Recognition Technologies - 1 April 2025
On March 13, 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) and the Ministry of the Public Safety co-issued the Regulations on Security Management of the Application of Facial Recognition Technology (the Regulations), which will become effective on June 1, 2025 ...
Establishment of Urumqi Free Trade Zone Court: A Specialized Tribunal for Foreign-Related Commercial Disputes - 1 April 2025
On 20 March 2025, the Urumqi Free Trade Zone Court (Urumqi FTZ Court) was officially inaugurated in the China (Xinjiang) Free Trade Zone ...
China Courts Delivers First AIGC Copyright Infringement Judgment in Jiangsu Province - 28 March 2025
On March 7, 2025, the People’s Court of Changshu in Jiangsu Province announced that it concluded a copyright dispute involving the AI Generated Content (AIGC), which is the first case of such type in Jiangsu Province ...
China Releases Guiding Cases for Judicial Protection of Plant Variety Rights - 27 March 2025
On 21 March 2025, the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China (“SPC”) released the fifth batch of typical cases of judicial protection of intellectual property rights of plant varieties ...
Analysis of China’s Regulations on Implementing the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law - 26 March 2025
In March 2025, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China issued the “Regulations on Implementing the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law of the People’s Republic of China” ...
China’s Measures for the Identification of AI-Generated Synthetic Content
To regulate the identification of AI-generated synthetic content, protect the legal rights of citizens, legal persons, and organizations, and safeguard public interests, China has introduced the Measures for the Identification of AI-Generated Synthetic Content …
China Supreme People’s Court Model Judgment: Significant Increase in Punitive Damages for Copyright Infringement - 18 March 2025
In the second-instance judgment of the copyright infringement dispute between Guangzhou Tuchang and Anhui City Light Book, the Supreme People’s Court emphasized the significance of punitive damages in intellectual property protection. Instead of using the discounted transaction price from their normal business ...
China’s MCISTC Issues Digital Supply Chain Management Consulting Service Guide - 16 March 2025
On March 3, 2025, according to the Ministry of Commerce’s relevant industry standard project plan, the Management Consulting Industry Standardization Technical Committee completed the drafting of the industry standard Digital Supply Chain Management Consulting Service Guide ...
China Issues new Notice on Over-the-Air (OTA) Upgrade Management for Intelligent Connected Vehicles - 13 March 2025
To further enhance safety management in this field, on 25 February 2025, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) have jointly issued the Notice on Strengthening the Admission, Recall, and Software ...
Envy Apple PVR Protection Supported by China’s Supreme Court - RMB 33 Million Awarded - 12 March 2025
The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) has issued a final decision in a widely published PVR enforcement case, upholding the judgment made by the Gansu Provincial Lanzhou Intermediate People’s Court ...
China to Set Up a New Technology Start-Up Fund - 12 March 2025
On 6 March 2025, Zheng Shanjie, Chairman of the China’s top economic planner, the NDRC, announced that they plan to set up a new USD1.5 trillion fund aimed at supporting technology start-ups in the country ...
China Releases Measures for Compliance Audit on Personal Information Protection - 10 March 2025
On 12 February 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) published the Personal Information Protection Compliance Audit Management Measures ...
US Court Awards Tencent $84.75 Million in Copyright Infringement Damages - 7 March 2025
On 7 February 2025, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas made its final judgement on the copyright infringement case between three Tencent units such as Shanghai Tencent Penguin Pictures ...
China’s Copyright Registration Volume Exceeds 10 million in 2024 - 4 March 2025
On 28 February 2025, China’s National Copyright Administration (“CNCA”) released statistics on copyright registrations nationwide in 2024 ...
Key Time Limits in the International Registration of Trademarks under the Madrid System Designating China - 11 April 2025
With the acceleration of global business expansion, an increasing number of Chinese applicants are choosing to register trademarks internationally through the Madrid System ...
China’s Review of CK Hutchison’s Panama Port Transaction - 9 April 2025
On 28 March 2025, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) announced on its official website that it would conduct an antitrust review of the transaction between CK Hutchison Holdings Limited ...
China: CNIPA Issues 2025 Administrative Protection Plan for Intellectual Property - 21 March 2025
On March 21, 2025, China National Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) published the 2025 Administrative Protection Plan for Intellectual Property ...
China Issues Implementation Measures for the Fair Competition Review Regulations - 20 March 2025
On February 28, 2025, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued the Implementation Measures for the Fair Competition Review Regulations ...
China’s Supreme Court Issues Work Report - 13 March 2025
On 8 March 2025, the 2025 Work Report of the Supreme People’s Court of China was presented to the Third Session of the 14th National People’s Congress, which reviewed ...
China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate Releases the 55th Batch of Guiding Cases - 8 March 2025
On February 21, 2025, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate announced the 55th batch of guiding cases, which has attracted widespread attention in legal and social circles ...
China to Pass First Private Economy Promotion Law - 2 March 2025
On 24 February 2025, the 14th Session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress of China (“NPC”) reviewed the second draft of the Private Economy Promotion Law ...
Shanghai High Court Issues Local Judicial Opinions on Labor Disputes - 25 February 2025
The Excerpts of Discussion Views on Difficult Issues on Labor Disputes in the Application of Law (“Excerpts”) issued by the Civil Tribunal of the Shanghai High People’s Court has been officially implemented since 1 January 2025 ...
China’s Second AI-Generated Image Copyright Infringement Case - 19 November 2024
In early November 2024, the Changshu Municipal People’s Court issued a first-instance judgment in the case where the plaintiff Lin Chen sued the defendants, Changshu Qin Hong Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. and Hangzhou Gauss Air Film Technology ...
China Releases AI Safety Governance Framework - 24 September 2024
On 9 September 2024, National Technical Committee 260 on Cybersecurity of Standardization Administration of China released the first version of the AI Safety Governance Framework …
China Issues National Standards on AI-Generated Synthetic Content for Comment - 25 September 2024
On 14 September 2024, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released the draft Measures for Identifying AI-Generated Synthetic Content (Draft Measures), inviting public comments until 14 October 2024 … …
First Cross-Border Data Transmission Dispute Dealt With by the Guangzhou Internet Court - 4 November 2024
On September 2, 2024, the Guangzhou Internet Court announced the judgement of a civil dispute case concerning cross-border personal data transmission ((2022) Yue 0192 Min Chu No. 6486) …
China Releases Draft Security Guide for Generative AI Service - 20 December 2024
On 17 December 2024, the National Technical Committee 260 on Cybersecurity of Standardization Administration of China (TC260) released the draft of the Practical Guide to Cybersecurity Standard - Security Emergency Response Guide to Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Service ...
Analysis of China’s First Supreme Court Anti-Suit Injunction Ruling - 27 December 2024
On December 22, 2024, the Supreme People’s Court of China issued a global Anti-Suit Injunction (AASI) in the case of Huawei v. Netgear, ordering Netgear to cease obstructing Huawei from initiating patent lawsuits or enforcing Chinese court judgments through any global channels ...
SAMR and CNIPA Release the Trademark Administrative Law Enforcement Evidence Regulations - 7 January 2025
On 26 December 2024, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) issued the Trademark Administrative Law Enforcement Evidence Regulations ...
China Solicits Opinion for the Certification of the Exit of Personal Information - 8 January 2025
On January 3, 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China (the CAC) issued a draft of the Regulation regarding the Personal Information Protection and Certification on the Exit of the Personal Information ...
China’s Supreme Court Issues Copyright Infringement Decision in Byte Dance Case - 14 February 2025
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme People’s Court of China has found ByteDance guilty of copyright infringement and trade secret theft, ordering the company to pay Beijing Meishe Network Technology Co., Ltd. (Meishe) a total of RMB82.668 million ...
CNIPA’s Latest Requirements for Non-use Cancellations for Trademark Registrations - 18 February 2025
By Article 49 (2) of the Trademark Law, a registered trademark that has not been used for three consecutive years without justifiable reasons may be subject to a cancellation ...
China Court Determines AI Platform Liable for Infringing Copyright for its Generated Content - 19 February 2025
On February 10, 2025, the Hangzhou Court of the Internet issued a first instance judgment regarding an assisting infringement of the information network broadcasting right by an AI company in Hangzhou ...
China’s Supreme Court Releases Typical Cases on Protecting the Corporate Right of Fame - 25 February 2025
On 17 February 2025, the Supreme People’s Court of China (“SPC”) released six typical cases of protecting reputation rights involving enterprises in traditional industries, intermediary industries, technology companies ...
A New Arbitration Policy for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area - 1 March 2025
With the Chinese government’s continued push for the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Greater Bay Area), the legal framework and international commercial arbitration system in the region have also undergone significant reforms …