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The Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate have jointly issued the Judicial Interpretation (II)[1] 1 to further clarify the issues concerning the application of laws for handling criminal cases related to making, reproducing, publishing, selling and broadcasting obscene electronic information via the internet, mobile communications terminals and information service centres as well as …

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Issued By: State Intellectual Property Office Issue Date: 29 September 2009 Effective Date: 29 September 2009 For the purpose of effectively enforcing the amended Patent Law, the SIPO published the Notice concerning the Enforcement of the Amended Patent Law on 29 September to clarify submission of patent applications and the rules governing other patent issues. …

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Global trend setting or introverted nationalism? This is the debate raging over the Chinese WAPI system, a substitute for Wi-Fi which is currently prohibited for use in Chinese cellular devices. Promoted by the government, the WAPI system is alleged to plug gaps in security and protect wireless internet users. This issue hit the spotlight as …

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Edward E. Lehman, Managing Director of Chinese law firm Lehman, Lee & Xu, is scheduled to participate in a webinar discussing patent protection in China on April 28, 2010. Other confirmed attendees include Alex W. Zhang of King and Wood and Elizabeth Chien-Hale of Institute for Intellectual Property in Asia. Mr. Lehman is planning on …

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Alexander Pan, February 25, 2010 Beijing, China Competition for a spot in one of China’s most prestigious universities has always been fierce. However, with the emergence of elite private elementary schools and kindergartens, Chinese children are becoming indoctrinated in this spirit of academic competition from day one. The intense competition for admission to the nation’s …

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Increasing environmental concerns and rising crude oil prices are forcing countries including the United States and China to look for alternative energy resources. As the world’s second largest oil importer, China is promoting the development of biofuel energies to reduce its dependency on imported crude oil, the demand for which is in the millions of …

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Alexander Pan, February 23, 2010 Beijing，China Over the past several years China has proven to be a world leader in renewable energy production with heavy investment into the hydro, solar and wind power industries. The growth of China’s wind power sector has been particularly impressive with a twenty fold increase in total wind power capacity …

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Trademark infringement has always been a major concern for firms doing business in China. However， as new figures emerge, it seems that this problem is only getting worse. According to the Customs General Administration (CGA) The total value of all goods seized for trademark infringement totaled over RMB328,000,000 in 2007. The process of Customs seizures …

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Beijing, China As companies search for new methods of marketing their products, advertisements have begun to push the envelope of acceptability, and legality. The State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television has recently banned over 3,000 television ads claiming that they were “illegal” Some of these ads were banned because of “vulgar” or “inappropriate” content; …

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China is Worlds #2 Consumer of Luxury Goods Now consuming 27.5% of the world’s luxury goods, China has overtaken the United States in luxury good consumption, and is now second only to Japan. Well-educated Chinese between the ages of 20 and 40 whose salaries range from 5000 to 50,000 yuan a month are the drivers …

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