Authored by Michael Gu (michaelgu@anjielaw.com) at AnJie Law Firm
Introduction
On 27 November 2015, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) granted clearance to the proposed acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (“Freescale”) by NXP Semiconductors N.V. (“NXP”). This is the second conditional clearance case in the 2015 merger review.
NXP is a global semiconductor firm …
Authored by Michael Gu (michaelgu@anjielaw.com) and Bai Chen (baichen@anjielaw.com) at AnJie Law Firm
Background
On 29 September 2015, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (“MOFCOM”) issued four penalty decisions on parties involved in four merger cases that failed to fulfill their notification obligations under the Anti-Monopoly Law …
Authored by Michael Gu (michaelgu@anjielaw.com) at AnJie Law Firm
Background
On October 19, 2015, the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") announced the first conditionally approved merger review case in 2015, namely the case of Nokia’s acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent’s equities. It is the second time that Nokia has become the protagonist in a MOFCOM merger …
Authored by Dr. Zhan Hao (zhanhao@anjielaw.com), Ms. Song Ying(songying@anjielaw.com), and Feng Siduo (fengsiduo@anjielaw.com) at AnJie Law Firm
On 19 October 2015, the Ministry of Commerce of the P.R.C (“MOFCOM”) conditionally cleared Nokia Oyi’s (“Nokia”) acquisition of Alcatel Lucent (“Alcatel”) with four behavioral remedies focusing on maintaining fair …
Authored by Michael Gu (michaelgu@anjielaw.com) and Sun Sihui (sunsihui@anjielaw.com) at AnJie Law Firm
Background
For the last two years, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) has exercised its law enforcement powers in a rather smooth and steady manner. SAIC’s steady hand contrasts starkly with the National Development and Reform Commission …
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
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Authored by Dr. Zhan Hao (zhanhao@anjielaw.com) and Moon Wang (wanglingling@anjielaw.com) at Anjie Law Firm
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