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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong released the "Consultation Conclusions on the Proposed Regulatory Requirements for Virtual Asset Trading Platform Operators...

This article summarises the development of the domain name regimes in China and Hong Kong in the past 12 months and gives a quick overview of the new measures and policies adopted by the respective administrative bodies, i.e. China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC) and Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited (HKIRC).

Our Partner Rosita Li and Trainee Solicitor David Cheung wrote an article about doxxing in Hong Kong. Doxxing has become increasingly widespread since the beginning of the social events in June 2019.

In April 1998, China ordered an immediate ban on almost all direct marketing, a move which closed the multimillion-dollar market for many direct marketing giants.

A recent decision of the District Court of Hong Kong which interpreted a warranty clause relating to spam very narrowly has once again highlighted the fact that wide warranties in service contracts may not prove to be that useful.

The Regulations came into force on 30 Sept 2002 and regulates the administration and operation of China Internet Domain Names System of .cn and Chinese domain names. Under the Regulations, the domain name registry refers to the administration institution that is responsible for operating and administering the registration of one or more top-level domain names, while a registrar is a service institution that accepts applications for domain name registration and completes the registration process

The case concerns a dispute of the domain name <philipscis.com>. The plaintiff is an individual, Haixin Jiang ("Jiang"), from Shanghai, PRC and the defendant is Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. ("Philips"), the Dutch consumer electronics company. Jiang sought to set aside a decision by the World Intellectual Property Organisation ("WIPO") to transfer the disputed domain name to Philips, which was made on 19 September 2002

On 26 October 2018, in the Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Several Issues concerning Judicial Procedures for Patent and Other Intellectual Property Cases

The Hong Kong Domain Name Registry ("HKDNR") has announced that it will be launching second level domain names under the top-level country-code domain .hk in early 2004.

Overview Of The New Telecoms And Internet Regulations In The PRC

As part of its continuous effort to develop better intellectual property ("IP") right protection and enforcement practise, the China National Intellectual Property Administration ("CNIPA") has...

In May 2015 the Commissioner's Office carried out a survey on the commercial outreach targeting of young persons in Hong Kong.