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To implement the decisions and plans of the Central Government on advancing the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), fully utilize the functions and advantages of the arbitration system, foster a market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized business environment, and support the high-quality development of the GBA, the Supreme People's Court and the Ministry of Justice recently issued the "Opinions on Fully Leveraging the Functions of Arbitration to Support the High-Quality Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions").The "Opinions" clarify the "Hong Kong (Macao) Capital, Hong Kong ...
On December 30, the Shanghai International Commercial Court (SHICC) was officially inaugurated under the Shanghai First Intermediate People's Court, centrally exercising jurisdiction over first-instance and second-instance foreign-related commercial cases, judicial review of arbitration, and other matters that were originally under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai First and Second Intermediate People's Courts.The functional positioning of the Shanghai International Commercial Court primarily includes, in terms of performing judicial duties, exercising centralized jurisdiction over foreign-related commercial cases in accordance with the law; in terms of reform and innovation, exploring and improving an international commercial adjudication mechanism that is more adaptable to a high-level institutional opening-up; and in terms of ...
In this case, the plaintiff, a certain company in Anhui (hereinafter referred to as "Anhui Company"), holds the exclusive implementation right for the "Huaimai 44" wheat plant variety within Anhui Province. Between 2019 and 2020, the plaintiff entrusted the defendant, Lixin County Guang Company, with seed production. Subsequently, the plaintiff further authorized the defendant to sell propagation materials using packaging bags provided by the plaintiff, which were labeled with the variety name, and collected variety right usage fees and packaging bag usage fees...
On December 17, the signing ceremony of the "Memorandum on Establishing an Out-of-Court Restructuring Collaboration and Mechanism for Connecting Bankruptcy-Related Disputes with Arbitration" (hereinafter referred to as the "Memorandum") and the symposium on optimizing the business environment through the rule of law was successfully held at the Shanghai International Dispute Resolution Center. The event was co-hosted by the Shanghai International Trade Promotion Committee and the Shanghai Third Intermediate People's Court, and organized ...
The Opinions propose 98 policy measures across six key areas: general requirements, strengthening judicial protection of scientific and technological innovation outcomes, protecting innovation entities, safeguarding innovation activities, fostering a legalized and internationalized market environment for scientific and technological innovation, and establishing judicial protection systems and mechanisms. These measures span the three major domains of criminal, civil, and administrative law.In terms of strengthening judicial protection of scientific and...