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The Amendment to the Corporate Law of the People’s Republic of Law

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Notice: On December 28, 2013, China adopted a new amendment to the Corporate Law which will come into force on March 1, 2014. Combining with our original 2005 version of the Corporate Law, Ms Wang translates the new amendment to the Corporate Law into English and posts it today. If anyone needs to reprint our translated revision on web, please note the following content on the reprint page: This amendment is translated by Bridge IP Law Commentary  http://www.chinaiplawyer.com.

 To help foreign friends better understanding of Chinese laws, today we would first publish a comparison between the 2005 version of the Corporate Law and the 2013 amendment.

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Full text of 2013 China Trademark Law

Notice: On August 30, 2013, China issued a new revision of Trademark Law which will come into force on May 1, 2014. We spent a week to translates the new revision of the Trademark Law into English and post it today. If any one needs to reprint our translated revision on web, please note the following content on the reprint page: This law is translated by Bridge IP Law Commentary http://www.chinaiplawyer.com.

                  Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China

   ( Adopted at the 24th Session of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People ‘s Congress on August 23, 1982, as amended according to the “Decision on the Revision of the Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China”  adopted at the 30th Session of the Standing Committee  of the Seventh National People’s Congress on February 22, 1993, and  the “Decision on the Revision of the Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China” adopted at the 24th Session of  the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People’s’ Congress on October 27 2001, and amended for the third time according to the “Decision on the Revision of the Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China” adopted at the 4th Session of  the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People’s’ Congress on August 30, 2013 )

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Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China (2013, Comparison Version)

Noctie: On August 30, 2013, China issued a new revision of Trademark Law which will come into force on May 1, 2014. We spent a week to translates the new revision of the Trademark Law into English and post it today. If any one needs to reprint our translated revision on web, please note the following content on the reprint page: This law is translated by Bridge IP Law Commentary http://www.chinaiplawyer.com.

To help foreign friends better understanding of Chinese laws, today we would first publish a comparison of different versions between the 2001 version and the 2013 version.

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China Revised Its Law on Jurisdiction of Internet Infringement Involving Foreign Elements

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 (By Albert Chen) On the issue of jurisdiction in online infringement cases, Article 1 of the Supreme People’s Court’s Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning Application of Law in Hearing Network Copyright Disputes Involving Computers (the “Network Dispute Interpretation”) previously stated that:

“Online copyright infringement dispute cases are within the jurisdiction of the court in the place where infringement occurred or the residence of the defendant. The place where infringement occurred includes the place where the network server or computer terminal used to conduct the accused infringement is located. For situations where it is difficult to determine the place where the infringement occurred or the residence of the defendant, the place where the computer terminal or other device that the plaintiff used to discover the infringement is located may be used as the place where the infringement occurred.”

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