On 25 Apr. 2021, Dezhou Intermediate People’s Court of Shandong Province pronounced its judgment in Yang Jianbing v. Yucheng Huayu Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (2021) Lu 14 Min Zhong No. 1052, a case involving the scope of application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). In this case, the Court held that “sales of goods bought for personal, family or household use” excluded from the scope of application…

On 23 June 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the proposed “Notice on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Telematics (Intelligent Networked Vehicles) (Draft for Public Comment) (关于加强车联网(智能网联汽车)网络安全工作的通知(征求意见稿)) to gather public opinions until 2 July 2021. The Notice aims to strengthen the cybersecurity management of telematics   (intelligent connected vehicles), enhance the ability to safeguard cybersecurity, and promote the standardized and healthy development of the industry of intelligent connected vehicles. The Notice regulates the development,…

On 24 June 2021, according to Gao Feng (高峰) , the spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the MOFCOM and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) have jointly launched the revision of the 2021 negative list for foreign investment access and have widely solicited public opinions and suggestions. Since 2017, China has been revising its negative lists for foreign investment access nationwide and in pilot free trade zones for four continuous years, with the…

In June 2021, China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Ministry of Justice jointly issued the “Notice on Carrying out the Pilot Work of Connecting Mediation and Arbitration of Tourism Complaints” (关于开展旅游投诉调解与仲裁衔接试点工作的通知) (hereinafter referred to as the “Notice”), which proposes the establishment, on a pilot basis, of special arbitration platforms for tourism complaints in areas where conditions meet, promotes the connection of tourism complaint mediation and arbitration, and especially encourages the settlement of tourism disputes through mediation. According to…

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 Intellectual Property Tribunal mainly has jurisdictions over the following intellectual property cases: (1) the first-instance civil and administrative cases in relation to intellectual property rights, involving patents, know-how, computer software, new varieties of plants, layout…

In accordance with the information released on Haidian Court Website on 5 June 2021, Haidian Primary People’s Court (“Haidian Court”), Beijing, recently concluded the case of Saishi Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. v. Laizhou Hongyu Art Crafts Co., Ltd. et al.(2021), determining that the live broadcast platform under the scenario of livestreaming marketing can be deemed as an e-commerce platform, and shall comply with relating obligations pursuant to the “Administrative Measures for Livestreaming Marketing (for Trial Implementation)” (网络直播营销管理办法（试行)). In this case, Plaintiff, Saishi Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter…

Due to the internationalization of intellectual property right disputes, Chinese companies are more likely to be involved in parallel litigations in multiple jusridictions around the world thus increasing the risk of Chinese companies encountering anti-suit injunctions. The article “Exploration and Construction of Anti-suit Injunction System in the Context of International Competition in Intellectual Property Right”(知识产权国际竞争背景下禁诉令制度探索与构建) introduces the cases of Chinese enterprises involved in such anti-suit injunctions. The article was published in “Journal of Law Application”…