Chinese Courts and Rulings

China's Customs agency announced that it would suspend beef imports from a U.S. company due to the detection of an illegal substance, an outstanding issue that the United States and China were supposed to work on under the Phase One Agreement.

After a year long investigation, the Chinese cyber regulator announced a fine of over 1 billion US dollars on ride-hailing company Didi for violating laws on cybersecurity, data security and personal information protection. This marks the end of China's first cybersecurity review.

China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) has imposed its first cross-border penalty for financial fraud on Malaysian listed company Lambo Group Berhad's subsidiary in China.

China's market regulator recently conditionally approved American company II-VI's acquisition of Coherent. The agency's conclusion and conditions are summarized below.

The Beijing IP Court recently ruled in multiple cases that Apple is responsible for copyright infringement that occurred in apps available in its AppStore.

During a recent webinar, a group of legal experts discussed the latest developments in intellectual property (IP) law and practice in China, including in the areas of patents, trademarks, trade secrets and antitrust.

Network service providers (NSP) will jointly bear the punitive compensation liability in some intellectual property infringing cases, Beijing High People's Court said recently. It also set forth more specific rules on the calculation of punitive damages.