China announced that its Customs Administration will undertake a special enforcement campaign aimed at protecting intellectual property (IP), from July 1 to Dec. 31, 2019. The special enforcement period will target key product sectors: consumer electronics, automotive accessories, personal care supplies, clothing, bags and footwear. The Chinese announcement appears on the government’s IP website (www.chinaipr.gov.cn). …
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East and West: State of the Legal Market in China 2019 Report
Imitation is often referred to as the sincerest form of flattery. When it comes to the legal market in China, there are perceptions that the Chinese business model for law firms is based on models from the West. There may be some truth to that, but there also are opportunities for firms in the West …
Intellectual Property and the Escalating US-China “Trade War”
In August of 2017, the Trump Administration began the Section 301 investigation into China’s laws, policies, practices and actions that have had harmful effects on U.S. intellectual property. On March 22, the results of that investigation were released, and soon after, the administration indicated that the U.S. will impose tariffs amounting to tens of billions …
John Loscheider and Chang Wang on Parallel Universes
Chang Wang, chief research and academic officer with Thomson Reuters – and a regular contributor at Legal Current – has just released Parallel Universes: Essays and Conversations. This, his latest book, is a compilation of essays, conversations, speeches and interviews published from 2012 to 2017 in China Insight, the exclusive English-language American newspaper on US-China …
Trainer: Intellectual Property in the Crosshairs of Trade Agenda?
In recent weeks, the Trump Administration has stepped up actions to punish China for violations of U.S. owned intellectual property, with a Reuters report noting bi-partisan support for a broad inquiry into China’s trade practices. The timing of the official investigation is unknown due to China’s recent support of UN sanctions against North Korea and …
Civics 101: The Judicial Branch, with Minnesota State Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea and Chang Wang
By day, Chief Researcher Chang Wang is a hard-working Thomson Reuters employee. But by night, he’s an attorney, law school and college professor, author and budding actor (he’s the serious Chinese guy wearing the dark suits). Recently, Wang brought his students from two different local universities to a private meeting with Minnesota State Supreme Court …
China’s Legal System: 2016 Reviews and 2017 Predictions
According to the Lunar Calendar, with the close of the 2017 Spring Festival on January 28 the Year of the Fire Monkey ended and the Year of the Fire Rooster began. It also is time for our annual review and predictions of China’s legal system. Chang Wang, chief researcher at Thomson Reuters, invited Vivian Wu, …
Thomson Reuters Participates in Civic Engagement Efforts with Chinese Students and Alumni
With Election Day right around the corner and candidates making their final push to voters, a very select group of people met recently to learn more about how the American political system works. The Peking University Alumni Association – Minnesota (PKUAA-MN) and Tsinghua University Alumni Association – Minnesota (TAA-MN) held a joint seminar on civic …
Chang Wang and the “Parallel Universe” of His Legal Career
Earlier this year, the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) hosted their second annual panel discussion, “Immigrant Attorneys Among Us – Successes and Challenges of Our Colleagues Who Were Born Outside the U.S.” Among the panelists was Thomson Reuters own Chief Research and Academic Officer Chang Wang, who also a member of the Immigration Council at MSBA. …
China’s Legal System: 2015 Reviews and 2016 Predictions
According to the Lunar Calendar, 2016’s Spring Festival on February 8 marks the end of the Year of the Wooden Sheep and beginning the Year of the Fire Monkey. At this transitional time, Legal Current invited Chang Wang and Christopher Luehr, two Chinese law experts at Thomson Reuters, to review the major legal events and …