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09 Sep 2026
Trade Secret Misappropriation and Civil Enforcement in China
A successful China trade-secret claim begins by identifying the protected information precisely. The claimant must address whether the information was non-public, commercially val…
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04 Sep 2026
First 72 Hours After a Key Engineer Downloads Technical Files: Building a China Trade Secret Case Under the 2025 Anti-Unfair Competition Law
A senior engineer at a Wuhan semiconductor equipment company resigns on Friday. On Monday, IT notices that the engineer downloaded a large volume of process files and source-code…
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04 Sep 2026
Trade Secrets in Technology Financing: When an Investor Should Require IP Ownership Remediation Before Closing
A venture investor is financing a Nanjing laser-technology company whose valuation rests on proprietary manufacturing know-how. The company owns some patents, but core process par…
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04 Sep 2026
Pre-IPO IP Cleanup for Suzhou Technology Companies: How Patent Ownership, Employee Inventions and Research-Institute Licenses Become Registration-System Problems
A Suzhou medical-device or semiconductor company plans an A-share IPO. Its core patents were developed by founders, employees and a research institute. Some patents remain in foun…
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04 Sep 2026
GPL Open-Source Code in a Chinese Commercial Product: How to Prevent a Software Copyright Dispute Over Secondary Development and Source-Code Disclosure
A Suzhou technology company sells an industrial controller. Its proprietary software includes third-party open-source components licensed under the GNU General Public License. The…
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29 Aug 2026
Defending Chinese Brands in Global Expansion: USITC Section 337 Investigations, Federal Court TRO Defense, and E-Commerce Account Freeze Unblocking
Executive Summary & Tactical Overview As Chinese enterprises transition from white-label manufacturing (OEM/ODM) to direct-to-consumer (D2C) global branding and cross-border e-com…
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07 Aug 2026
Medical Device Design-Around in China: FTO Notes That Engineering Will Actually Use
Life Sciences & Healthcare Blog · Legal clusterEngineers ask "can we ship?" and lawyers answer with claim charts. The niche skill that actually protects a Chinese medical-device c…
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07 Aug 2026
China Drug Patent Linkage: Building a Category-Style Challenge Watch for Originators
Life Sciences & Healthcare Blog · Legal cluster hub Linkage is a calendar sport. Originators who only check the patent office when someone emails miss the declaration window that…
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04 Aug 2026
SaaS and Software Outbound Compliance for Chinese Vendors
Chinese SaaS vendors selling abroad must reconcile China cybersecurity and data-export rules, possible ICP duties for China-facing services, and host-market privacy, sector regula…
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04 Aug 2026
Games and Short-Video Outbound Compliance for Chinese Companies
Chinese game studios and short-video platforms expanding overseas face a dual stack: China-side publishing, content and data rules that still constrain the group, and host-market…
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02 Aug 2026
Generative AI and Copyright in China: Where the Boundaries of Infringement Lie
Every week, it seems, another client in Guangzhou sits across from me and asks some version of the same question: "If I use an AI assistant such as Doubao to generate an image, a…
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02 Aug 2026
Nanjing Intellectual Property Lawyers & Legal Guide
Looking for intellectual property lawyers in Nanjing? This hub explains how intellectual property work plays out in Nanjing—a research and industry capital with universities, soft…
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02 Aug 2026
Chengdu Intellectual Property Lawyers & Legal Guide
Looking for intellectual property lawyers in Chengdu? This hub explains how intellectual property work plays out in Chengdu—Western China’s tech and manufacturing hub for electron…
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02 Aug 2026
Suzhou Intellectual Property Lawyers & Legal Guide
Looking for intellectual property lawyers in Suzhou? This hub explains how intellectual property work plays out in Suzhou—a manufacturing powerhouse where process know-how and sup…
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31 Jul 2026
Hangzhou Intellectual Property Lawyers & Legal Guide
Looking for intellectual property lawyers in Hangzhou? This hub explains how intellectual property work plays out in Hangzhou—a Zhejiang e-commerce and private-economy center—and…
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