Da Gregory Sy, gruppo legale di Grandall

I. Legislazione di legge di occupazione

1. Che legislazione governa la legge di occupazione in Cina?

La legge di occupazione in Cina è governata da un insieme delle leggi relativamente completo, recentemente completato verso la fine del 2007 per rinforzare diritti degli operai'.

Le leggi importanti includono:
- Legge di lavoro della Repubblica popolare cinese (1994) (“legge di lavoro„)
- Legge del contratto di lavoro della Repubblica popolare cinese (2007) (“legge del contratto di lavoro„)
- Arbitrato di lavoro e legge di risoluzione di disputa della Repubblica popolare cinese (2007) (“legge di arbitrato di lavoro„) (1° maggio 2008 efficace) Legga il resto “della guida a legge di occupazione in Cina - 2008 (parte I)„ o invii un commento

Effettuare la vostra cartella del IP

Da Maarten Roos 

Per effettuare i diritti esclusivi al IP, un'organizzazione deve avere i meccanismi sul posto per garantire la protezione continuata.

In primo luogo, qualcuno deve accertarsi che i diritti registrati del IP effettuino la loro validità. I marchi sono registrati per 10 anni alla volta, così i registri dovrebbero essere estesi prima della conclusione di un tal periodo di validità. L'omissione di fare così provocherà la perdita di tutti i diritti esclusivi al marchio. I nomi di dominio sono poco costosi e facili registrare, ma una tassa di manutenzione deve essere paid. Granted patents and designs will have a non-extendable validity of 10 years (for design and utility model patents) or 20 years (for invention) from the filing date, but an annuity must be paid each year to ensure continued validity. Read the rest of “Protection vs. Enforcement: Where to start your China IPR Strategy? Part II” or post a comment

By Maarten Roos

The continued pervasiveness of counterfeiting in China is not only a problem of law, but also one of enforcement. While China’s laws and regulations conform to the agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS) and other widely accepted international principles, certain parts of China’s protection mechanism have proven ineffective. Common examples are the high standards for criminal liability of counterfeiters, the high burden of evidence to prove bad faith registrations, and the difficulty to prove damages in civil proceedings. On the other hand, it is abundantly clear that the police, administrative authorities and courts often lack the resources, the knowledge or the determination to effectively combat infringements.

China’s own continuing development, and to a lesser extent international pressure, will gradually lead to improvements on the above issues, but this is not a process individual intellectual property (IP) owners can influence. Read the rest of “Protection vs. Enforcement: Where to start your China IPR Strategy? Part I” or post a comment

By Alexander de Nerée

A drawback of my, in itself interesting profession, is that I encounter a lot of lying in my daily work. Contrary to popular believe it is not so much the lawyers that do the lying. Although I have to admit lawyers are generally not easily persuaded to part with information, let alone the truth, I prefer to think of what we do as skilful editing of the information to fit a certain version of the truth. No harm in that. That is what lawyers are paid to do.

But in order to edit the information, you will have to obtain the information first. And that is not as easy as it may sound. First there is the filter of the client’s hurt feelings that makes it difficult to obtain any relevant information. In its strong believe of the correctness and the fairness of its own position, the client filters out anything that appears to be in its disadvantage.

“They never complained about the quality of our products and now, out of the bleu, they want their money back and claim damages! That is unreasonable.” In itself  this is a good point which could legally be relevant but not if Read the rest of “Lying” or post a comment

“Private label products or services are typically those manufactured or provided by one company for offer under another company’s brand.” –Wikipedia. This is the name of the game for China and for the most part, the products you buy here in the United States are not really manufactured by the name on the label. In some instances most of the big box or clothing stores you frequent have an inventory almost entirely made up of their own products under their own brand or multiple unaffiliated brands. This is not just a game for the big boys, this can be accomplished with…

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