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On March 8, 2023, the China Maritime Arbitration Commission (hereafter referred to as "CMAC" ) released its "2023 Work Report"(hereafter referred to as the "Report"). The report pointed out that under the leadership of its 18th Committee, CMAC has achieved new progress. In the year 2023, CMAC received a total of 1,124 cases, representing an increase of 491.58% compared to the previous year. These cases included 39 foreign-related cases, 23 cases related to Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, as well as 1,064 domestic cases, involving 32 ...
On January 29, 2024, the Arrangement of the Supreme People's Court on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters by the Courts of the mainIand and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (hereinafter referred to as the "Arrangement of Civil and Commercial Judgments") was formally implemented.Under the Arrangement of Civil and Commercial Judgments, in principle, cases of a civil and commercial nature can be recognised and enforced in both places, with exceptions set out in the form of...
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The Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law and the Guidelines for Patent Examination will be come into force on 20 January 2024, in which the fee relating to the compensation for the term of patent will be implemented after the development and reform department of the State Council, the financial department, and the National Intellectual Property Administration of the State Council have issued the policy on the standard of the patent fee and the policy of reducing the fee (hereinafter referred to as the "fee policy"). On 18th January 2024, the CNIPA ...
On January 1, 2024, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "CIETAC") officially implemented the new version of the arbitration rules, published on September 5, 2023, (hereinafter referred to as the "2024 Edition"). These rules are applicable to CIETAC arbitration initiated on or after this date. The 2024 Edition involve amendments to nearly fifty provisions (including non-substantive textual changes), increasing the total number of articles from 84 to 88.From a broad perspective, the 2024 Edition, while ...