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German Supply Chain Act (GSCA) – Implications for Chinese companies
Written by: Sandra Link, Mark Schaub KWM overseas office
What is GSCA?
GSCA requires German companies to analyze and report compliance with certain human rights and environmental standards along their supply chain.
GSCA does not intend to implement German social standards world-wide but aims to ensure compliance within the supply chain with minimum international standards (i.e. no child labor or forced labor or meeting basic environmental protection requirements).…
德国《供应链法》– 对中国公司的影响
作者：Sandra Link 肖马克 金杜律师事务所海外办公室
《供应链法》的主要内容是什么？
《供应链法》要求德国公司分析并报告其供应链中相关人权和环境标准的合规情况。…
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Optimizing Supervision System and Promoting Industrial Development – Interpretation of Key Points of Regulations on Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices (2021 Amendment)
Authors: Huang Jianwen, Zhang Yu, Regulatory & Compliance Group, King & Wood Mallesons
Medical devices are related to the life and health of the people and the overall situation of the country’s social development. With the rapid development of China’s medical device industry, Regulations on Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices, as the “Basic Law” of the industry’s supervision, has undergone two amendments in 2014 and 2017 since its promulgation in 2000. On October…
Germany’s federal court declares Facebook’s hate speech curbs to be in breach of citizens’ constitutional rights
Regulating content on user-to user and search service providers
A tale of two claims: Federal Court hands down two judgments on non-disclosure
In what has proven to be the best and worst of times for insurers, two recent Federal Court of Australia decisions shed further light on when an insurer may be able (or in the case of the second case, unable) to exercise its statutory rights in the event of non-disclosure. In All Class Insurance Brokers Pty Ltd (in liquidation) v Chubb Insurance Australia Limited (No 2) [2021] FCA 782, the Federal Court found an insured…
Trademark Squatting: A Dying “Trade”?
I attended an excellent IPWatchdog webinar this past week on trademark squatting, presented by Ai-Leen Lim of AWA Asia. You should watch the whole thing, but here are some thoughts and takeaways.
Trademark squatting is one of the biggest problems when it comes to intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in China. Basically, squatting occurs when someone registers a trademark without the intention of using it, but rather hoping to extort the real brand owner. Squatting…