After over 13 years of drafting, the long awaited Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China ("PRC") ("Anti-Monopoly Law") was finally promulgated by the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress on 30 August 2007.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange announced on 19 November 2004 certain amendments to the Listing Rules of both the Main Board and the GEM Board to introduce a revised Code on Corporate Governance Practices (the "Code") and Rules on the Corporate Governance Report (the "Rules").

If a designer has designed a teapot with a new shape and configuration and intends to manufacture his teapot according to his drawings in the future, how can he prevent others from infringing his design for profits? There are two possible ways in Hong Kong: registered design and copyright protection.

In May 2010, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (the "Exchange") released its Consultation Conclusions on proposed changes to connected transaction rules which included a review on the definition of connected person, provided exemptions for connected transactions which are immaterial or involve persons not in a position of significant influence, etc.

Hong Kong provides protections for IP in the form of patents, designs, copyright, trade marks, trade reputation and goodwill, and confidential information by way of statutes as well as common law based on principles developed in decided cases.

The PRC General Principles of Civil Code (effective on 1 January 1987) provides a general provision on trademark infringement. According to Article 118 of the General Principles, trademark owners whose rights have been infringed by plagiarism, alteration or imitation, may demand that the infringement be stopped, its ill effects be eliminated and damages be paid.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange ("<B>the Exchange</B>") operates two markets on which companies may choose to list their shares: the Main Board and the Growth Enterprise Market ("<B>GEM</B>").