August 2014

Authored by Michael Gu (michaelgu@anjielaw.com) at AnJie Law Firm

Within six years of implementation of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law, the China’s law enforcement agency responsible for supervising price monopoly, the National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC"), continues to strengthen its law enforcement efforts with rounds of “antitrust storm” that swept across a number of industries and companies along with record fines. This is especially true since 2013, the NDRC has probed into number of high-profile penalty cases, including the LCD Panel case [1], Moutai and Wuliangye case [2], Baby Formula case [3], Shanghai Gold Jewelers case [4] and Spectacle Lenses case [5]. Meanwhile, the NDRC has also launched investigation into the US high-tech giants, InterDigital and Qualcomm. For InterDigital case, the investigation has been suspended [6]. As for Qualcomm case [7], Qualcomm has manifested their willingness to cooperate with the NDRC in its investigation and has submitted relevant commitment.Continue Reading Note of Caution: Record Fines on 12 Japnese Auto Parts and Bearing Manufactures – Analysis of the NDRC’s Penalty Decision and Countermeasures of Companies

Authored by Dr. Zhan Hao (zhanhao@anjielaw.com) and Dr. Song Ying from AnJie Law Firm

Since the very beginning of 2014, China’s public antitrust enforcement has attracted increasing attention domestically and abroad. Apart from business people, antitrust scholars and lawyers, even common people in the mainland have gotten to be familiar with the terminology of “antitrust”. The enforcement of China’s two antitrust investigative authorities, the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (“SAIC”), has foreboded two tendencies recently, which will be elaborated in the following. Continue Reading China’s Antitrust Enforcement is at Its Full Swing

Authored by Dr. Zhan Hao (zhanhao@anjielaw.com) and Song Yiqiu from AnJie Law Firm

Reinstatement Value Insurance is applied more and more in PRC insurance market. However, the Insurance Law of the People’s Republic of China does not specifically define the Reinstatement Value or how to apply the Reinstatement Value Insurance. This article pertains to briefly analyze the application of Reinstatement Value Insurance.Continue Reading The Application of Reinstatement Value Insurance

Authored by Dr. Zhan Hao (zhanhao@anjielaw.com) and Li Xiang at AnJie Law Firm

Introduction

There is a joke in reference to the relationship between antitrust and intellectual property and the conflicts between them, which goes, “It is not easy to marry the innovation bride and the competition groom and some have argued that such a marriage will unavoidably lead to divorce.” Nowadays it is not a problem if there is an intrinsic conflict between them. In China, the principle that both of the two legal regimes serve the common purpose of promoting innovation and enhancing consumer welfare is broadly acknowledged.Continue Reading Abuse of Dominance in Relation to Intellectual Property: From China’s Perspective

Authored by Dr. Zhan Hao (zhanhao@anjielaw.com) and Li Xiang at AnJie Law Firm

Introduction

There is a joke in reference to the relationship between antitrust and intellectual property and the conflicts between them, which goes, “It is not easy to marry the innovation bride and the competition groom and some have argued that such a marriage will unavoidably lead to divorce.” Nowadays it is not a problem if there is an intrinsic conflict between them. In China, the principle that both of the two legal regimes serve the common purpose of promoting innovation and enhancing consumer welfare is broadly acknowledged.Continue Reading Abuse of Dominance in Relation to Intellectual Property: From China’s Perspective