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LEHMAN, LEE & XU Recently the “ Draft Amendments to the Rules on Administrative Enforcement of Patent Rights (Consultative Draft) ” was issued by the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) to seek for opinions. The Draft Amendments specify the patent authorities’ administrative enforcement of patent rights, including handling disputes over patent infringements, arbitration of disputes …

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Lehman, Lee & Xu, Beijing, China –September 9, 2010 As part of its efforts to reform its economy and provide for a more harmonious society, the People’s Republic of China has made great progress in increasing its food supply through increased production and diversification of its food sources. At the same time, consumers in China …

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Edward Lehman, Managing Director of Lehman, Lee & Xu, appeared as a guest speaker in the Dialogue program on CCTV-9 on Sep, 2, 2010 to discuss the first reading of an amendment to the Criminal Law. The amendment proposes to drop the death penalty for 13 economics-related non-violent crimes. Mr. Lehman, the longest serving managing director …

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Lehman, Lee & Xu A value added tax (VAT) is a form of consumption tax . It is a tax on the estimated market value added to a product or material at each stage of its manufacture or distribution, ultimately passed on to the consumer. It differs from a sales tax , which is levied …

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Zhang Dan According to PRC Constitution and relevant Laws and Regulations, the People’s Congress exercises the power of the supervision over the implementation of the PRC Constitution. In consideration of the People’s Congress is not standing, according to Article 67 (6) of PRC Constitution, the exercise of inspection by the standing committees of people’s congresses …

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The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and 10 other central authorities have jointly announced their “ Guiding Opinions on Advancing the Development of Industrial Designs ”, stating that eligible industrial design enterprises will be supported in financing themselves in both local and foreign capital markets. Enterprises engaging in venture capital business are encouraged …

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The “ Measures on Resolving Disputes over General Web Addresses (Amended) ” and “ Measures on Resolving Disputes over Wireless Web Addresses (Amended) ” entered into full force from 29 August 2010. The most significant change of these two amended Measures is, they enhanced the protection of the holder of a web address and the …

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BEIJING, August 27, 2010 — China’s longest-serving director of a private law firm, Edward E. Lehman of Lehman, Lee and Xu, has again been selected for inclusion in the International Who’s Who of Trademark Lawyers as one of the world’s leading practitioners in this field, the result of independent research with clients and peers by …

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BEIJING –  Carrefour SA has filed a lawsuit against Anhui Jiale Supermarket Chain Co Ltd and its subsidiaries in Fuyang, claiming they violated the rule of fair competition and infringed upon the Carrefour trademark. The local supermarket chain was accused of illegally using the logo “Jialefu,” the Chinese version of “Carrefour,” in their company name …

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Edward E. Lehman – Lehman, Lee & Xu China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has recently issued a notice stating the arrangements for the employment service cooperation with New Zealand. According to the “Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of New Zealand” (the Agreement), New Zealand undertakes …

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