Navigating China’s social media landscape: issues and best practices for brand protection (2024)
China’s booming social media landscape presents vast opportunities for brand owners to connect with a massive consumer base. Social media platforms have become a major channel for advertisement and direct communication. However, there are also challenges such as trademark infringement, counterfeit goods, copyright violations, false advertising and unfair competition. To protect their IP rights and business interests and ensure compliance with Chinese laws, brand owners must be well versed in the legislation that governs social media platforms and be familiar with different enforcement strategies for different platforms. In this article, we will explore popular social media platforms in China, the laws that regulate e-commerce, advertising, and intellectual property protection, and offer advice for brand owners to better protect their interests on social media platforms.
Apr 18 2024
China’s labour and unfair competition laws: trade secrets, confidentiality, and non-compete issues (2024)
In today’s highly competitive business environment, trade secrets are often pivotal in maintaining the competitive edge of innovative companies. In China, confidential information may be protected by way of trade secrets, but the law has a stringent legal test for what constitutes trade secrets and not all confidential information can pass muster.
Apr 15 2024
IP Practice in China
2023 has seen the confirmation of changes to the Chinese strategy relating to the administration and protection of intellectual property rights, which have had a significant impact on the level of administrative litigation.
Jan 18 2024
Beijing IP Court docket statistics and new guidelines vital for foreign litigants
On 19 December 2023 the Beijing IP Court released statistics on its docketed cases from the first 11 months of 2023 and introduced the Guidelines for Handling Supporting Documents Certifying the Subject Qualification in Foreign-Related Cases at a press conference.
Jan 17 2024
Focus on: China’s IP Landscape 2023
2023 is not a quiet year, even for China’s IP regime. The year started with the surprise release of the draft of the fifth amendment to the Trademark Law, concluded with the State Council’s approval of the third amendment to the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law. These legislative moves along with an array of other fine tunings in procedure and practice will herald a more eventful 2024.
Nov 15 2023
