April 14 2021
It is generally considered that the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People s Republic of China offers supplementary protection to IP. The Anti-Unfair Competition Law also regulates the unfair competition acts in the field of IP, thus it could be applied against abuse of IP rights.
Scope of protection
As defined in Article 2 of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, the act that violates this law, disrupts market competition order or infringes the legal rights and interests of other business operators or consumers during production or distribution activities belongs to the Unfair Competition Act.
It covers the act of confusion, commercial bribery, false or misleading commercial promotion, infringement on trade secret, prize-giving sales, fabricating or disseminating false or misleading information to damage the reputation of a competitor and the online market competition. There is also a catch-all general clause so that the Unfair Competition
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China’s Supreme People’s Court Releases 46 Adjudication Rules Based on 55 Example Intellectual Property Cases from 2020 Thursday, March 11, 2021
On February 27, 2021, the Intellectual Property Tribunal of China’s Supreme People’s Court released a set of 46 rules based on a selection of 55 example cases from the 2,787 technical intellectual property (IP) cases concluded by the Court in 2020. From these 55 cases, the Tribunal refined them into 46 adjudication rules covering the trial of patent civil cases, the trial of patent administrative cases, the trial of new plant variety cases, trial of trade secret cases, trial of computer software cases, trial of IC layout design cases, trial of antitrust cases, and trials of jurisdictional and procedural issues. Summaries of the rules provided by the Tribunal follow.
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China Enforces Antitrust Guidelines on its Online Economy
China Enforces Antitrust Guidelines on its Online Economy February 19, 2021 Posted by China Briefing Written by Sofia Baruzzi Reading Time: 4 minutes
A string of investigations into and penalties imposed upon Chinese internet companies, including leading e-commerce giants, in recent months signaled China’s seriousness about regulating its internet industry to promote fair competition and double down on monopolistic practices. The enforcement of the Antitrust Guidelines for the Platform Economy will strengthen the monitoring and regulatory capacity of financial and local industry authorities.
On February 7, 2021, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) promulgated the
Chinese lawmakers call for measures against unfair online competition (Xinhua) 10:58, December 24, 2020 BEIJING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) Chinese lawmakers have called for exploring new ways to supervise and manage online behaviors violating the Anti-Unfair Competition Law. A report on the topic was submitted by the law enforcement inspection team of the Standing Committee of the National People s Congress (NPC) Wednesday to the ongoing session of the NPC Standing Committee for deliberation. Online behaviors breaching the Anti-Unfair Competition Law keep cropping up, including price discrimination, click farms, paid post deletion, and false advertising via livestreaming, the report says. The report calls for measures to guide online platforms in tightening compliance and ethical reviews.