Chinese courts have focused more on handling intellectual property cases involving new technologies last year, with harsher punishment against those infringing upon IP rights, China's top court said. Punitive damages were applied in 319 of the cases, up 117 percent year-on-year, with a total awarded amount reaching 1.16 billion yuan, increased by 3.5 times from the previous year, the data …
By CAO YIN | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2023-12-20 07:29 SHI YU/CHINA DAILY Introduction of new legislation welcomed by lawyers and judges The delivery of legal documents in foreign-related cases is a big problem in China, as many overseas litigants do not authorize Chinese agents to accept such materials. Li Dongmei, a judge at Beijing International Commercial Tribunal, hailed the …
Chinese media are taking a growing interest in how judgments made in courts in China are treated by the legal system of other countries. In the High Court of New Zealand, the Chinese company Hebei Huaneng Industrial Development Limited sought a summary judgment for the decision of the Hebei Province Higher People’s Court in the New Zealand Court of Appeal …
