LEHMAN, LEE & XU The Ministry of Commerce released the Circular on Issues Concerning Approval of Foreign-Invested Companies’ Conducting Internet Sales and Vending Machine Sales on 19 August 2010,. According to the Circular, on-line sales are deemed as an extension on the internet of the ordinary sales activities. An existing manufacturing or trading foreign invested …
China’s Patent Law revised in 2008, introduces a new stipulation that “No patent right shall be granted for any invention-creation which is completed on the basis of genetic resources of which the acquisition or use breaches the stipulations of related laws and regulations” (Article 5 Paragraph 2). The purpose of the new stipulation is to …
The State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) has initiated a consultation on the “ Draft Amendments to the Rules on Administrative Enforcement of Patent Rights (Consultative Draft) “. It is proposed that the Draft Amendments will govern patent authorities’ administrative enforcement of patent rights, including handling disputes over patent infringements, mediation of disputes over patent rights …
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Beijing , China –November 27, 2010 China’s Patent Law revised in 2008, introduces a new stipulation that “No patent right shall be granted for any invention-creation which is completed on the basis of genetic resources of which the acquisition or use breaches the stipulations of related laws and regulations” (Article 5 Paragraph 2). The purpose …
The Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, State Administration for Industry and Commerce, State Administration of Work Safety and State Food and Drug Administration jointly promulgated the Circular on Enhancing Information Management of Internet Sales of Precursor Chemicals on September 21 of 2010 which came into effect the same. The circular …
The People’s Courts are the State judicial authority for intellectual property (IP) protection, which independently exercise adjudicative powers according to the Constitution and the law. China’s reform and opening-up (gaige kaifang) has spurred the development of intellectual property since the late 1970s and early 1980s. Being a national and Party priority, and buttressed by strong social support …
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LEHMAN, LEE & XU The Implementation Guide for Remanufactured Product Accreditation (“the Guide”) was recently issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology . For the purpose of the Guide, the accreditation scope of remanufactured products includes general machinery equipment, special machinery equipment, office equipment and transportation equipment and their parts, and the remanufactured …
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Beijing, China, October 21, 2010 – Edward Lehman , Managing Director of Lehman, Lee & Xu has again been named as one of Who’s Who leading Franchise and business lawyers. “It’s an honor to be selected by experts and my peers,” said Mr. Lehman, who founded his firm, Lehman, Lee & Xu, eighteen years ago, …
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The Chinese government issued a circular Monday to tighten restrictions on online transactions of drug precursor chemicals, in a bid to fight Internet-enabled drug trafficking. According to the circular jointly issued by five government departments including the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, individuals are banned from selling precursor …
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Beijing, China –October 20, 2010– The Ministry of Finance issued the Interim Administrative Measures for Lottery Sales on the Internet and the Interim Administrative Measures for Lottery Sales on Phones (hereinafter collectively referred to as two Measures) on September 26, 2010. The two measures defined the “Lottery Sales on the Internet” and “Lottery Sales on …
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