Mathew Alderson

马修是一位专注于娱乐、科技及创意产业的国际交易律师和企业顾问。被《综艺》杂志誉为"颠覆游戏规则的律师"的他,常驻上海领导本所中国办公室及媒体娱乐业务。他代表多家好莱坞大型制片厂及制作方处理影视项目事务,客户群体还涵盖科技公司、活动推广与管理公司、建筑事务所、高校及出版机构。

如何起草具有可执行性的中国合同

与中国公司谈判:详尽指南

20世纪80年代初,美国空军委托著名汉学家卢西恩·派伊(Lucian Pye)撰写一份关于中国人如何与外国人进行谈判的报告。该报告于1982年出版,题为《中国商业谈判风格》。派伊基于对从事中国贸易的外国人的广泛访谈,在报告中分析了中国人在与外国商人谈判时所采用的风格。派伊的

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中国体育转播与音乐视频版权

体育赛事转播不被视为版权保护对象根据中国成文法规定,体育赛事转播不被认定为版权保护对象,尽管中国部分判例法已将其纳入版权范畴。这使得体育品牌(如联赛及其授权方)必须借助中国反不正当竞争法来打击盗版行为。

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中国音乐版税:让无罪者先投石问罪

中国已全面数字化。其音乐市场几乎完全数字化,实体销售仅占市场总量的20%左右。中国网民数量超过美国人口的两倍,拥有约9亿移动互联网用户,其中70%通过网络消费音乐。这意味着约有

国际制造合同

在中国制造产品——来自中国工厂主人的建议

让我说说我在中国的一位欧洲朋友。其实他现在不在中国,此刻身处泰国。和许多外籍人士一样,他在边境关闭前去那里短暂度假,却因疫情旅行限制被困数月。这位朋友希望保持匿名,我们暂且称他为"朋友"。

China factory due diligence

How to Manage a Chinese Factory

Many Chinese factories are hurting right now. Badly. This should come as no surprise. First they went through months of closures due to the coronavirus, and just when they opened they faced massively reduced demand. Chinese factories are closing left and right and many of those that are open are facing reduced demand and falling

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China Streaming or China Dreaming? The Outlook for Foreign VOD

The numbers coming out of China continue to amaze. There are 855 million digital consumers in China and they have more than twice as many internet users as the US has people. The Chinese are spending an average of 358 minutes per day online. They spend 8% of their online time streaming video content. A

CHina Copyright Law

Sports Broadcast Copyright in China: the Stranglehold of Originality

I recently spoke in Beijing at a conference on legal protection of sports broadcasts, organized by the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Other speakers included Chinese judges, Chinese and American lawyers and academics, sports league and broadcaster general counsel, and American and European IP officials. What

China Defamation law

China Defamation Law – Based on a (Mostly) True Story

Making a biopic – a biographical movie about real people– is complicated. And one of the biggest concerns is liability for defamation. In an ideal world, filmmakers would get everyone depicted in the movie to sign a release. But that’s often impractical: people want too much money, too much control over how they are depicted,

China corporate lawyers

China Copyrights and Fair Use

China’s copyright laws have been in line with the United States and the EU and other developed countries since China became a signatory to the Berne Convention in 1992 and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in 2001. But it’s hardly news that you can get a pirated copy of pretty