Customer Lists as Trade Secret in China
In the past three years we handled several significant trade secret theft and disclosure cases for some industry leading clients in China. Customer list is one of…
Read moreFeature Article: Key Takeaways in Defending Trade Secrets in China
Author Dongxiao MA, madongxiao@zhonglun.com According to data from China Judgements Online, only 14% claimants won in the first instance of civil cases involving trade secret (know-how) infringement…
Read moreFeature Article: Breeding materials of new plant varieties are protected as trade secrets in China
Dongxiao Ma, partner of Zhonglun Law Firm The Chinese version is first published at https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qJalYEHQ073OAi7nyAljKA 马东晓 | 植物新品种繁殖材料可以作为商业秘密予以保护——简评（2022）最高法知民终147号案件 China’s new plant variety right protection system provides for the…
Read moreFuzhou Intermediate Court, U.S. Acacia with SSD-based patents sues Micron Technology for $21 million
Unification Technologies LLC (UTL, United Technologies LLC), a subsidiary of Acacia, a leading U.S. patent operating company, recently filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Micron Technology and…
Read moreInsight: Patent Wars in Battery Industry – VARTA and EVE
On April 1, 2022, the State Intellectual Property Office announced that a Chinese patent ZL201710419111.X (named “a hard-shell battery shell sealing structure and its processing process”) invention…
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