China: International Law

The European Union's trademark system has developed a sophisticated framework for identifying and regulating malicious trademark applications, with 'bad faith' serving...

The Supreme People's Court has concluded an administrative dispute involving a utility model patent. In its ruling, the Court clarified: If the closest prior art lacks an inherent connection to the technical problem...

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has launched a new Trade Secrets Case Law Collection database, featuring 13 landmark Chinese court decisions on trade secret protection—the highest number alongside the United States. This initiative aims to enhance global understanding of judicial approaches to safeguarding valuable business information and competitive advantages through representative case law from multiple jurisdictions.

Generative AI has made producing lengthy commercial contracts effortless, but the resulting documents often contain internal contradictions and provisions that work against each other. This analysis examines how AI-generated agreements create more legal work by automating the easy part—generating language—while leaving the hard part—exercising judgment about what belongs in a contract—largely untouched.

北京市経済・情報化局、人力資源・社会保障局、市場監督管理局などは8月19日、企業の海外展開を支援する7種類の「海外進出サービスパッケージ」を共同発表した。デジタル経済、知的財産権、海外市場開拓などに関する行政サービスをまとめ、企業が必要な支援をより簡便に利用できる

今天我花一点点时间来给大家报告一下，国际商会(International Chamber of Commerce, ICC)全球银行委员会有关国际标准银行实务(international Standard Banking Practice, ISBP)规则和相关实务规则的最新发展。

China's foreign investment security review office has issued its first-ever prohibition of an AI sector acquisition, blocking Meta's purchase of Manus and requiring transaction reversal. This landmark case establishes new compliance boundaries for cross-border capital operations involving strategic AI technologies, demonstrating that offshore restructuring cannot circumvent substantive regulatory oversight of technology transfers.

A recent judgment of the Shanghai Maritime Court marks a significant development in China's sanctions and conflict-of-laws landscape. As highlighted in the commentary...

On August 5, 2026, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”), pursuant to the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, placed seven U.S. entities, including Applied DNA Sciences Inc., on the Countermeasure List, prohibiting any entities or individuals in China from engaging in transactions, cooperation, or other activities with them.