929 results found

This is China's first antitrust enforcement action against international cartels and imposes the highest penalties.

Follow-on antitrust lawsuits are claims for civil damages for suffering losses from monopolistic conduct filed after antitrust administrative investigations and penalty procedures.

As the 2020 Draft Amendment to the Anti-Monopoly Law makes its way through the state legislative process, this first amendment in a decade will, if passed, be a comprehensive...

China's Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") today announced that it has approved a proposed 1.6 billion dollar takeover by Japanese group Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd ("Mitsubishi Rayon") of unlisted UK acrylics market Lucite International Group Limited ("Lucite"), subject to several significant conditions.

Behavior preservation refers to an order in which the court orders the parties to make certain actions or prohibit them from making certain actions before the final judgment is made.

On 12 November 2010, Professor Huang Yong (University of International Business and Economics) gave some comments to the medie on the QQ-360 disputes. Professor Huang made the point that industries like the technology and internet services industries develop and change so quickly that by the time either party (i.e. QQ or 360) or a third party brings a claim (pursuant to the Anti Unfair Competition Law (AUCL)) to the courts and receives remedies (e.g. damages), the industry might have changed so

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...

We understand from media reports that on 18 February 2011, Hudong1 (a Chinese internet search engine) made an Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) complaint to the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) against Baidu2 (arguably the most often or commonly used internet search engine in China; often referred to as China's equivalent of "Google").

The long-awaited retrial and final decision in the case Fendi v. Shanghai Yi Lang International Co., Ltd. has been finally issued on March 4th, 2021.

중국 최고인민법원이 상표권 침해 및 부정경쟁 분쟁에서 타인의 등록상표와 유사한 표지를 기업명칭으로 사용하는 행위의 위법성을 명확히 판단한 사례

As part of a continued move toward greater transparency in China’s merger control regime, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce published for public comment on 27 March 2013 draft "Regulations on the Imposition of Restrictive Conditions on Concentrations of Business Operators",

The item analyzes antitrust issues in special inspections, to provide advice for compliance in the pharmaceutical sector.

Many U.S. companies have begun to utilize the U.S. International Trade Commission ("ITC") to seek relief from imported goods that infringe on a domestic producer’s patent, trademark, or copyright. The Commission also can redress acts of unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, passing off, false advertising, and violations of the antitrust laws.

On August 29, the Jiangsu Provincial Higher People's Court ruled that an arbitration clause did not apply to an anti-monopoly dispute in a 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) case brought by a distributor against a manufacturer.

SAMR Solicits Comments on Guide to the Anti-Monopoly Compliance of Businesses

The Ministry of Commerce has issued two conditional approval decisions relating to Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia, and Merck’s acquisition of AZ Electronics.

This was the first case of vertical monopolistic agreement where the court overruled the judgment of the first instance.

PRC companies should be careful not to interpret as carte blanche for anti-competitive behavior a recent policy statement by the Chinese government encouraging PRC companies to coordinate their activities and cooperate with each other while investing overseas.