USPTO posts translations of Chinese IP-related laws and regulations

Here’s Mark Cohen’s blog post about it.

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2021: The Birth of Xi Jinping Thought (习近平思想)?

I’m starting to suspect that the rectification campaign that will sweep through China’s political-legal bureaucracy in 2021 might be a…

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The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s decision on China and Xinjiang: “no basis to proceed”

The Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC has determined that there is “no basis to proceed” against China on…

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New article:《港版國安法》:香港法治的破洞、人權的缺口 (The National Security Law for Hong Kong: Infringements of Hong Kong’s Rule of Law and Human Rights)

For the past four months, I’ve written a series of Chinese-language essays about the National Security Law (NSL) for Hong…

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The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act: some questions

On December 2, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (the “HFCAA” or the “Act”).…

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#freechinahostages campaign for Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor

Here is an open letter from Charles Parton about a new move in the campaign to free Michael Kovrig and…

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Ducks, rabbits, and the case of Meng Wanzhou

The U.S. government and Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou are reportedly negotiating a deal that would permit her to leave Canada…

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Bibliography of Academic Writings in the Field of Chinese Law in Western Languages in 2019

Here’s the latest edition of Benjamin Pissler‘s labor of love: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3714153.

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Recent USCIS Policy Alert regarding Communist Party membership: what’s new?

USCIS has adopted a policy that will make it easier to find aliens inadmissible on the grounds of Communist Party…

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Question for the media: Why won’t you touch forced organ harvesting?

I was struck by a news report yesterday from the Associated Press: “UK public tribunal to probe Uighur genocide allegations“.…

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