The new measure shows greater importance attached by the Chinese government to consumer protection, which is a good news to the business operation of name brands.
Recently, SAIC issued a new Opinion to push forward “12315”(the consumer complaint and enquiry hotline) related actions in order to further protect consumers’ rights and interests, with the key…
Before handing over power-of-attorney to third party brand protection agencies, brand owners need to carry out effective due diligence. It is also worthwhile for them to guard against the tendency of weakening IPR protection by Alibaba and other platforms at the excuse of “malicious” complaints.
In early February, Alibaba announced that it would no longer…
We believe this new initiative will have a bigger impact on foreign app stores, which will face more stringent censorship. Foreign entities may need to pay attention to the developments to ensure smooth distribution and operation of its apps.
On January 13, 2017, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued the Notice on Initiating Recordation…
The proposed legislation remains staying at high level rules, without imposing real enforcement effects on the platforms such as Alibaba. Nonetheless, there are some encouraging articles entities may leverage on, such as those concerning IPR protection, which, though, are not strong enough in our opinion. Running on-line stores, entities may also need to pay attention…
