INTERNATIONAL LAW

CIRCULAR OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND TRADE ON THE ADJUSTMENT OF COMMODITIES UNDER LICENSING ADMINISTRATION AND THE RELEVANT QUESTIONS (Issued on November 15, 1986) SUBJECT: IMPORT & EXPORT LICENSING & ADMINISTRATION ISSUING-DEPT: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS & TRADE ISSUE-DATE: 11/15/1986 IMPLEMENT-DATE: 01/01/1987 TEXT: To further improve and strengthen the export administration, […]

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE STATE COUNCIL ON TAXATION OF JOINT VENTURES AND COOPERATIVE OPERATIONS WITH CHINESE-FOREIGN INVESTMENT (Issued on September 21, 1982) SUBJECT: TAXATION ISSUING-DEPT: STATE COUNCIL OF CHINA ISSUE-DATE: 09/21/1982 IMPLEMENT-DATE: 09/21/1982 TEXT: On September 10, 1980, the National People’s Congress promulgated “The Income Tax Law on Joint Ventures with Chinese and Foreign Investment” and […]

Laws and Regulations Chinese Law Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China (Adopted at the Fourth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People’s Congress, promulgated by Order No. 11 of the President of the People’s Republic of China on March 12, 1984, and effective as of April 1, 1985 and amended […]

China’s Trademark Laws: Simple and Effective September 2006 The media loves to write about China’s failure to protect foreign company intellectual property. But those articles can be misleading. They often fail to state whether the foreign company actually registered its IP in China at all, and they nearly always fail to distinguish between the various […]

Source: Ministry of Commerce Website, PRC Laws and Regulations Chinese Law Regulations on Patent Commissioning Wednesday, January 29, 2003 Posted: 15:52 BJT (0752 GMT) (Promulgated on March 4, 1991) TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 General Principles CHAPTER 2 Patent Agencies CHAPTER 3 Patent Agents CHAPTER 4 Punishment CHAPTER 5 Supplementary Articles CHAPTER 1 General Principles […]

Laws and Regulations Chinese Law Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law of the PRC CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER II APPLICATION FOR PATENT CHAPTER III EXAMINATION AND APPROVAL OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT CHAPTER IV INVALIDATION OF PATENT RIGHT CHAPTER V COMPULSORY LICENSE FOR EXPLOITATION OF PATENT CHAPTER VI REWARDS TO INVENTOR OR CREATOR […]