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  • 2021-01-30
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The “Administrative Provisions on the Registration of Business Names” has been amended, which will be effective on 1 March 2021

A business name is the main factor on distinguishing the market operators. With the development of economy, the market operators are increased, so the rule on the administration of business name is important. However, business names are managed by administrative divisions independently; some market operators would register same or similar business names in different cities, with which those market operators could achieve the illegitimate purpose of “Free-ride”. In order to regulate business names, and administrate unfair competition behaviors, on December 14, 2020, the 118th executive meeting of the State Council passed the revised “Administrative Regulations on Enterprise Name Registration” (hereinafter…

  • 2021-01-30
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Whether manufacturers shall be responsible for distributors’ liabilities for selling fakes?

“X Sports Franchise Store” is an online store which has the authorization of a well-known brand H Racket. The store purchased some counterfeit rackets at low prices, and mixed those fakes with the real ones. H Racket found the store had sold fakes, so it terminated the authorization. However, some consumers believes that H Racket’s authorization is the reason for them to buy those fakes, so H Racket shall undertake partial of the liabilities for selling fakes. If consumers take manufacturers as one of the defendants, whether the manufacturers would be ordered to undertake partial of the liabilities? From the…

  • 2021-01-30
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Can enterprises prohibit employees from going hometown for the Spring Festival with the excuse of epidemic control?

The 2021 Spring Festival is approaching, but the epidemic becomes severer in many cities. Almost all the local governments have called on citizens to stay at their current cities during the Spring Festival, many universities have announced that students could leave the campus upon the approval of the universities. In view of the reactions of local governments and universities, considering the employees’ health and the business arrangement after the festival, many enterprises hope that employees could stay at the current cities during the Spring Festival. Can enterprises prohibit employees from going hometown for the Spring Festival? When the epidemic breaks…

  • 2020-12-30
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The “Copyright Law” will come into effect on June 1, 2021

On November 11, 2020, the 23rd meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress voted and passed the decision on amending the “Copyright Law”. The revised “Copyright Law” will come into effect on June 1, 2021. For the majority of enterprises, the following modifications deserve special attention: The scope of the object of works has been modified. The “film works and works created using methods similar to film making” is revised as the “audio-visual works”. Such modification delete “filming” as a requirement or reference requirement on the identification of relevant works, which means the new types of works,…

  • 2020-12-30
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Whether You can Use the Evidence Obtained in Breach of Contract?

Company Y required Company X to construct an E system, and provide maintenance services. Based on Y’s requirement, in the contract, both parties agreed that X’s staffs could only communicate and send documents by using the mailboxes provided by Y, and X’s staffs could not copy, or forward to other mailboxes. During the implementation of the contract, X’s staffs forwarded relevant emails to X’s company mailbox by BCC. Later then, both parties had disputes on the implementation of the contract, and X planned to use the relevant emails as evidence, but it worried that such evidence might not be accepted…

  • 2020-12-30
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Can an Employer Terminate the Labor Contract if an Employee Conceals Medical Treatment History?

Mr. L joined company S in October 2012, and did not inform S of his medical treatment history. In 2016, S found L had been identified as a grade 8 labor dysfunction. S believed that L’s labor contract was concluded by use of fraudulent, so S terminated the labor contract. A dispute arised. In practice, if an employee conceals medical treatment history, some employers would terminate the labor contract in accordance with Article 26 of the “Labor Contract Law” on the grounds that the relevant labor contract was concluded by use of fraudulent. S is one of those employers. Some…

  • 2020-11-30
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The “Export Control Law” will be effective on December 1, 2020.

In consideration of the national security and interests, many countries have set regulations on import and export. In 1994, China promulgated the “Foreign Trade Law”, in which the principles for import and export of goods and technologies have been stipulated. Since 1997, China has successively released several regulations on the export of military products, import and export of dual-use items and technologies. With the development of economic, the methods of import and export become more diversified, such as investment, re-export, re-import and so on; the export objects become more complicated, which beyond the scope of goods and technologies, so the…

  • 2020-11-30
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If the debtor does not know the existence of a guarantee, whether the guarantor could directly seek for compensation to the debtor after assuming the guarantee liability?

In May 2019, Zhang borrowed 100,000 CNY from Lee for purchasing an apartment. Zhang issued an IOU, in which Zhang promised to repay in 1 year. Later, due to the epidemic, Lee was afraid that he would not able to recover the debt on the due time; he planned to ask Zhang to repay earlier. Lee went to Zhang’s home, and Zhang was not at home, but Lee met Zhang’s classmate Sun who visited Zhang’s parents. Lee told Sun about Zhang’s debt, Sun decided to offer a guarantee and signed on the IOU. In May 2020, Zhang failed to repay…

  • 2020-11-30
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Whether 24 months medical treatment period shall be directly applied to employees suffering from special diseases?

Lee had worked for 11 years, and was diagnosed with lung cancer after he had joined the new company for less than 1 year. Lee took sick leave. The company decided that Lee’s medical treatment period (hereinafter referred to as the “Period”) should be 6 months which is calculated in accordance with his working years. However, Lee insisted that his illness was a special disease, so the Period should be 24 months. They had the disputes on the Period. Regarding the Period for employees suffering from special diseases, the Lao Bu Fa [1995] No.236 stipulates that for employees suffering from…

  • 2020-10-30
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The “Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Civil Cases Involving Trade Secret Infringement” has come into force on September 12, 2020

On September 10, 2020, the Supreme People’s Court promulgated the “Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Civil Cases Involving Trade Secret Infringement” (hereinafter referred to as the “Provisions”), which replaced the articles related to trade secret infringement as stipulated in the “Supreme People’s Court, Several Issues Concerning the Applicable Laws in the Trial of Unfair Competition Civil Cases Interpretation” (hereinafter referred to as “2017 Judicial Interpretation”) . Compared with the   “2017 Judicial Interpretation”, the “Provisions” is more comprehensive, and it has further illustrated the articles as stipulated in…