On 14 Dec. 2023, the Chongqing First Intermediate People’s Court issued a first-instance judgment on a standard essential patent (SEP) dispute between OPPO and Nokia, siding with OPPO’s arguments. The judgment affirmed the global fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND)
Why Chongqing Is Now One Of The World’s Coolest Cities
Chongqing blowing up on your TikTok? Me too! So I wanted to explore this city I had never even heard of before I started I seeing all these cyberpunk videos of the Chongqing skyline (which is weird considering just how…
Chongqing Intellectual Property Tribunal Established
On the morning of 16 June 2021, upon approval by China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) and Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, Chongqing Intellectual Property Tribunal(重庆知识产权法庭) was officially established at the Chongqing First Intermediate People’s Court.
Pursuant to the SPC’s Reply, Chongqing…
金杜重庆办公室正式开业,布局川渝稳步扩大对西南的服务
2021年3月18日,金杜律师事务所重庆办公室正式开业。重庆办公室是金杜继成都办公室之后在西南地区开设的第二家办公室,也是在中国的第14家办公室。地处两江新区,金杜重庆办公室于2020年10月底已正式取得重庆市司法局批准设立。…
China’s Population is Really Large, Ctd.
The blog has touched on this before, but it’s just staggering how fast China’s cities are growing. This week NPR chronicled the popluation explosion that’s occuring in China’s inland cities. Chongqing has over 14 million people. Chengdu is over 11…
The Future of Property
China’s Interior Is Missing Some Parts
A couple years ago, I attended an incredibly bad China seminar in Seattle at which one of the speakers essentially told everyone they should locate their businesses in Chongqing. His rationale (replete with way too many pictures of him smiling…
▪ The Eminent Domain “Holdout,” Graphically Illustrated
Check out this AP photo and the accompanying story “China’s ‘stubborn nail’ stands firm” — Reminds me of the Warner Bros. classic “Homeless Hare,” where Bugs Bunny objects to a developer’s efforts to evict him from his hole:…