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

Introduction 

The year 2014 was an important year for implementation of China’s Anti-monopoly Law. Against this background, the anti-monopoly civil action case of Yunnan YingDing Bio-energy Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as "Yunnan YingDing") v. Sinopec Chemical Commercial Holding Company Limited Yunnan Petroleum

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

On September 29th 2015, the Ministry of Commerce of the P.R.C (“MOFCOM”) published four administrative decisions on penalties for illegal activities involved in the concentration of undertakings on its official website. This is the second time that

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

Introduction 

This article will address the perplexing issue of refusal to license a patent or copyright to other undertakings conducted by intellectual property proprietors under China’s antitrust legal framework. The issue of refusal to license is at the interface

Authored by Dr. Hao Zhan (zhanhao@anjielaw.com) at Anjie Law Firm and Mr. Wei(wtan@compasslexecon.com) at Compass Lexecon 

Introduction 

Recent years have witnessed a rapid increase in private antitrust litigations in China. By the end of May 2014, Chinese courts had already accepted 188 cases, and concluded 172 cases, while the Chinese courts accepted 71 cases, concluded

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

On 7 April 2015, State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (SAIC) published China’s first anti-monopoly regulation specifically aimed at the abuse of intellectual property rights (IP), namely the Provisions on the Prohibition of Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights

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

Background

Just a week before the Chinese New Year, the National Development and Reform Commission of China (NDRC)announced the long-awaited penalty decision against Qualcomm with respect to its abuse of standard essential patents (SEPs) in the wireless telecommunication industry. The NDRC imposed

 Authored by Michael Gu (michaelgu@anjielaw.com) , Yu Shuitian (yushuitian@anjielaw.com) at AnJie Law Firm and Sun Sihui (sunsihui@anjielaw.com)

Overview

Six years after the implementation of the Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”), the National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China (“NDRC”) and the State Administration for Industry