中国个人信息规范：修订版
3月6日，中国国家标准化管理委员会（SAC）联合国家市场监督管理总局（SAMR）发布了GB/T 35273-2020《信息安全技术 个人信息安全规范》，该标准将于2020年10月1日正式实施。 该2020版规范将取代现行有效的GB/T 35273-2017标准。
中国娱乐法：一部崭新的视听作品即将问世
中国现行版权法自2010年起实施，此后多次提出修订建议。全国人民代表大会近期又发布了修订草案并公开征求意见。据我所知，这将是2010年以来第五次修订草案。在最近的一篇博文中
《中国商标法》：17年后的简洁与高效
China Trademark Registrations Recently, I ran across an article Dan Harris wrote on China’s trademark laws way back in 2007, entitled China Trademark Law: Simple and Effective. As I read the article, it struck me that it could have just as well have been written, almost word for word, in 2024: Members of the media
中国制造业风险空前高涨：如何降低您的中国制造风险
中国制造业正变得风险更高、难度更大。我们从事中国制造业法律服务的律师几乎每天都能从客户口中听到这样的抱怨。一方面，针对外国人的骚扰行为在中国正急剧增加。如今几乎每天都有媒体长篇报道中国日益加剧的排外情绪。
How to do Business with China Without Having to go to China: Licensing Deals
Both here on the blog and in real life with our clients, our China lawyers are always touting the benefits of licensing products, intellectual property, brands, technology and content to China. Licensing deals make sense under many circumstances, but they make particular sense in situations where it is difficult or impossible to get your product,
I’m Being Sued in China for Infringing My Own Trademark? Or, Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?
Many months ago, an American company emailed me in a panic after reading a Linkedin post “your law firm” wrote on the need to register your brand name as a trademark in China as soon as possible. This company and I corresponded back and forth about why securing trademarks in China is so important and
China’s New Foreign Investment Law and Intellectual Property Protections
Contents of this Article: How the new Foreign Investment Law will change intellectual property rights for foreign companies in China Overview of foreign direct investment (FDI) protections for intellectual property rights (IPR) in mainland China FDI Reform: the New National Statute Will Overhaul Current FDI Protections for IPR The FIL Overhaul Will Maintain and Build
How China’s New CyberSecurity Laws Can (Will?) Destroy Your Business
In China’s New Cybersecurity Program: NO Place to Hide and again in China’s New Cybersecurity System: There is NO Place to Hide we wrote how China’s new “cybersecurity” laws give the Chinese government and its prized companies full and total access to all data and IP held by foreign companies. Yesterday, in China’s New Cryptography Law: Still No Place to
NDAs Do NOT Work for China but NNN Agreements Do
You Need an NNN Agreement for China IP Protection Relying on a standard Western-style NDA to protect your IP from China sets you up for IP theft because NDAs have critical limitations that render them ineffective for China. You need an NNN agreement tailored specifically for China. This post explains what an NNN agreement is,
China’s New Cybersecurity Program: NO Place to Hide
The Chinese government has been working for several years on a comprehensive Internet security/surveillance program. This program is based on the Cybersecurity Law adopted on 2016. The plan is vast and includes a number of subsidiary laws and regulations. On December 1, 2018, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security announced it will finally roll-out the