Mon, 26 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In April 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) released the “Guidelines on Handling Intellectual Property Cases for People’s Procuratorates” (人民檢察院辦理知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)案件工作指引).

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In April 2023, China’s Hangzhou Internet Court found that it was an infringement of the Digital Human's creator's copyright to publish a video containing the Digital Human's image without the creator's permission.

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

According to China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP), Chinese procuratorates received 182,000 applications for arrest and 369,000 cases for examination and prosecution in the first quarter of 2023.

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

A Chinese court ruled that a contract for the sale of bitcoin miners was void because it violated Chinese laws and public order.

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In April 2023, the Beijing Financial Court accepted the application for interim measure and ruled to seize, impound, and freeze the property in the name of the relevant parties up to a limit of USD 14,784,384.42.

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In April 2023, China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, adopted the PRC Law on Ecological Protection of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In April 2023, China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, passed the revised PRC Counter-Espionage Law.

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In 2021, the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People’s Court enforced an emergency order made by an arbitrator appointed by the Swiss Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Institute (SCAI), which is believed to be the first time that a Chinese court has enforced a foreign emergency arbitration order.

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In April 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court released the top ten intellectual property cases and 50 typical intellectual property cases of Chinese courts in 2022.

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team

In April 2023, the General Office of China’s State Council issued the “Opinions on the Reform of Independent Director System of Listed Companies”.