It is reported that 3Com Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. has received approval from China’s Ministry of Commerce for H-P’s acquisition of Marlboro-based 3Com. H-P, based in Palo Alto, Calif., agreed in November to pay $3 billion for computer networking and switching-gear maker 3Com Corp., with an aim to expand its product portfolio, increase sales in …
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Recently, the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department issued an amendment to its Work Manual Chapter on relative grounds for refusal. It clarifies that under Section 12(4), if an application is identical or similar to an earlier trade mark, it will not be registered if the earlier trade mark is a well-known trade mark. It also …
Lehman, Lee & Xu is pleased to announce that it has been distinguished in the category “Rising Star” at the International Legal Awards 2010. “Rising Star” award is aimed at recognizing firms of high potential. It recognizes remarkable evolution and rapid market gain to catch up with current leaders. The jury included General Counsels and …
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The Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court sentenced four employees of British-Australian mining conglomerate “Rio Tinto” to jail on Monday on charges of receiving bribes and stealing commercial secrets. The jail terms, ranging from seven to fourteen years, have been criticized as overly harsh by the Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, although acknowledged respect for …
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With 46.6% of China’s population now living in urban areas, considerable stress is being put on cities’ social infrastructure. Urbanization has been encouraged by the government since the 1990’s to encourage economic development, but with 662 million people (167 million of whom are migrant workers) living in cities now, it has been forced to rethink …
Alexander Pan, Beijing, China While the flood of migrant laborers into first tier urban centers such as Beijing, shanghai, and Guangzhou, shows no sign of slowing; a new study reveals what may be a new type of out migration of upper middle class white collar workers from first tier cities, to second and third tier …
The Development and Reform Commission of Guangxi Province of China broke up a cartel organized to increase the price of rice noodles, using in part it authority under the Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) and in part its pre-existing authority under the Price Law and the regulations under the Price Law. In China central bodies such as …
Beijing, China – March 30, 2010 – The National People’s Congress (NPC) has passed the second amendments to the Copyright Law and published the full text of the amended Copyright Law, which will come into force on 1 April 2010. Article 4 has been amended such that “Copyright owners must not act in breach of …
The State Council has amended and released the “Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on the Customs Protection of Intellectual Property Rights” with effect from April 1, 2010. Article 11 has been revised as “In case of any change to the registration of an intellectual property right, the right holder shall go through a …
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To administrations of industry and commerce and market supervision administrations in all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and separately planned cities as well as sub-provincial cities: The “Measures On Administering The Establishment Of Partnerships In China By Foreign Enterprises Or Individuals” (the Measures) issued by the State Council will come into force on 1 March 2010. …
