China Laws and Regulations Update in May 2017

1.The State Administration for Industry and Commerce Releases the Opinions on Making the Registration Process More Efficient and Reforming the Registration of Business Names System

In order to deepen the business system reform, make the process of registering business names (including names of farmers’ cooperatives and individually owned businesses) more efficient and reform the registration of business names system, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce released on 19th April 2017 the Opinions on Making the Registration Process More Efficient and Reforming the Registration of Business Names System, opening the database of business names and related services.

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Litigation Against Defective Nikon D600 Cameras

NIKON D600

(By You Yunting) On March 15, 2014, China CCTV exposed the quality problems of the Nikon D600 SLR Camera – it frequently produces black spots on photographs. In today’s post, we will introduce analysis about what legal problems might be encountered in litigation.

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What is the Weakness of Getty Images China’s Protection Litigation against Photo Infringement?

(By You Yunting) Recently, Getty Images China brought cases regarding copyright infringement arose from Weibo to courts. These companies sued by Getty Images China almost take a similar pattern like that: first these companies have outsourced its right of operation for their Weibo to ads enterprises, then on its Weibo ads enterprises published photos that Getty Images China owned in their thought, and finally these companies were sued by Getty Images China. Some customers asked us how to face such litigation. We will share our analysis on this question and introduce a case which Getty Images China lost its litigation in the Supreme People’s Court.

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