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Premier Li Qiang of the State Council recently signed a State Council Decree promulgating the Provisions of the State Council on the Handling of Foreign-Related Intellectual Property Disputes (hereinafter referred to as the “Provisions”) which will come into effect on May 1, 2025. The Provisions consist of a total of 18 articles and focus primarily on the following areas:1. Improving the Dispute Resolution Service Mechanism:The Provisions clarify that relevant departments under the State Council shall enhance services for accessing foreign intellectual property information and issuing early warnings. They shall also establish and improve the institutional framework and working procedures for guiding the ...
On April 15, 2025, the High-Level Dialogue of the International Commercial Dispute Prevention and Settlement Organization (hereinafter referred to as "ICDPASO") was held in Beijing. During the event, ICDPASO announced the official opening of its new global headquarters. Attending guests engaged in in-depth discussions on topics including the development of international governance systems for commercial dispute prevention and resolution, and risk control and full-chain legal services in the internationalization of the cultural and entertainment industries.Since its establishment, ICDPASO has been committed to providing full-chain commercial legal services covering both dispute...
To implement the decisions and plans of the Central Government on advancing the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), fully utilize the functions and advantages of the arbitration system, foster a market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized business environment, and support the high-quality development of the GBA, the Supreme People's Court and the Ministry of Justice recently issued the "Opinions on Fully Leveraging the Functions of Arbitration to Support the High-Quality Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions").The "Opinions" clarify the "Hong Kong (Macao) Capital, Hong Kong ...
On December 30, the Shanghai International Commercial Court (SHICC) was officially inaugurated under the Shanghai First Intermediate People's Court, centrally exercising jurisdiction over first-instance and second-instance foreign-related commercial cases, judicial review of arbitration, and other matters that were originally under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai First and Second Intermediate People's Courts.The functional positioning of the Shanghai International Commercial Court primarily includes, in terms of performing judicial duties, exercising centralized jurisdiction over foreign-related commercial cases in accordance with the law; in terms of reform and innovation, exploring and improving an international commercial adjudication mechanism that is more adaptable to a high-level institutional opening-up; and in terms of ...
On December 17, the signing ceremony of the "Memorandum on Establishing an Out-of-Court Restructuring Collaboration and Mechanism for Connecting Bankruptcy-Related Disputes with Arbitration" (hereinafter referred to as the "Memorandum") and the symposium on optimizing the business environment through the rule of law was successfully held at the Shanghai International Dispute Resolution Center. The event was co-hosted by the Shanghai International Trade Promotion Committee and the Shanghai Third Intermediate People's Court, and organized ...