Just a quick comment regarding IP litigation statistics in China. What does it mean when we see an uptick in cases? According to one government official, this is very good news: Along with rising invention patents, holders are turning to the law to better protect their intellectual property rights, He Hua, vice director of the […]

I'm not sure what this says about how litigious Chinese society has become, but a telecom company in Hangzhou has developed a mobile phone application for making audio recordings of phone calls that can be later used as evidence in court. If you're not familiar with China's legal system, and particularly if you're from a […]

Immigration and Police officers have arrested five Mainland visitors for breaching their conditions of stay by engaging in suspected parallel goods trading.  Officers yesterday arrested three men and two women aged 25 to 53 in raids of six parallel g…

The Eastern Magistracy has sentenced a 29-year-old salesman to three months' jail for vote-rigging at the 2011 Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election (King's Park Constituency). Magistrate Ho Wai-yang said a custodial sentence was deserved as vote-ri…