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• China’s Kimi K3 AI is a threat to US based AI tools!

  The NewYorkTimes.com reported that “The contest between China and the United States for supremacy in artificial intelligence escalated on Friday when the Chinese start-up Moonshot AI released a new A.I. model that appeared to narrow the lead held by well-funded American competitors.” The July 17, 2026 article entitled “China’s Latest A.I. Breakthrough Threatens America’s Lead”...

• The Persistent Myth: Filing IP in China is “Pointless”

  For many years, businesses questioned the merits of filing intellectual property (IP) rights in China because of concerns of widespread counterfeiting and limited enforcement and practical protections. While those historic concerns were not entirely unfounded, today, the greater risk for many businesses is not that Chinese IP rights cannot be enforced, but that those rights...

• China Buffet Reopened. The Five People It Made Sick with Listeria Don’t Get a Do-Over

  Two days after Florida named China Buffet on East Fowler as the source of a listeriosis outbreak, the restaurant is open again. Its manager told FOX 13 that professionals scrubbed the place — drains included — and that a health inspector cleared it to reopen. The state, for its part, says it will continue to work with the restaurant as the...

• WHAT IS HEPATITIS A?

  Exposure to the hepatitis A virus (“HAV”) can cause an acute infection of the liver that is typically mild and resolves on its own.[1] The symptoms and duration of illness vary a great deal, with many persons showing no symptoms at all.[2] Fever and jaundice are two of the symptoms most commonly associated with HAV infection.[3] Throughout...

• Five People, One China Buffet, and a Listeria Strain the State Found Right on the Counter

  Five people are sick with Listeria, four of them ate at the same Tampa Bay China Buffet, and the State of Florida found the outbreak strain sitting right there on the restaurant’s own surfaces. That is not bad luck dressed up as bad luck. That is a foreseeable outcome at an address with a long, documented...

• China’s Major Amendment to Trade Mark Law: Key Changes – Part I

  On 26 June 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress adopted the fifth amendment to the Trade Mark Law of the People’s Republic of China. The revised law, expected to take effect on 1 January 2027, introduces a number of significant changes, including registrable subject matter, how bad faith is penalised and how...

• China’s Major Amendment to Trade Mark Law: Key Changes – Part II

  In Part I of this series, posted here, we reported on certain amendments to Trade Mark Law of the People’s Republic of China. In this article, we continue outlining some of the other important amendments. Voluntary cancellations now carry a one-year re-filing bar Where a trade mark is voluntarily cancelled, neither the original registrant nor...

• China IP Protection: How Companies Lose Their Product Before They Launch

  China IP Protection: How Companies Lose Their Product Before They Launch Many companies lose their China IP before they think they have anything to lose. They start with a promising product, a working prototype, a successful crowdfunding campaign, or a major customer waiting. They find a Chinese manufacturer that seems capable and affordable. They send...

• Product Recall Expenses under CGL Insurance: Coverage Issues and Insights from a Recent Chinese Court Decision

  I. Background Commercial General Liability insurance (“CGL”) is one of the most widely used forms of commercial liability insurance internationally. Originating from the standardized policy forms developed by the Insurance Services Office (“ISO”) in the United States, CGL policies generally provide coverage for third-party claims arising from bodily injury or property damage caused by an...

• Threat Actors Aligned with China Attacking U.S. University Physics + Engineering Depts.

  Researchers at cybersecurity firm Proofpoint have discovered that a “suspected China-aligned threat cluster named UNK_MassTraction” is attacking mailservers belonging to physics and engineering departments of U.S. and Canadian based universities. They have been tracking the activity since May 2026. The threat actors are exploiting multiple n-day cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Roundcube mailservers to “steal credentials...

Featured documents

• Service Sectors in China Will Reign

  The Wall Street Journal ran an excellent piece by Andrew Browne yesterday on foreign direct investment in China. The article talks about how foreign direct investment in China hit $60.33 billion in 2005. We especially like two points that he makes because — well — because they reinforce two things...

• China Manufacturing: a Shanghai Industrial Designer

  China has a dearth of high level industrial designers. Lars Blacken is one of the few. Lars heads up onetwodesign, a small industrial design company with offices in Shanghai and in Seattle. I learned about Lars after a China consulting firm client asked us to look out for good service companies in...

• China’s Supreme Court Goes Transparent On IPR

  China’s Supreme Court recently launched a website [link no longer exists] setting forth all of its recent intellectual property decisions.  A perusal of this site (it is in Chinese) ought to at least give pause to those who claim China is without laws or that its courts have done nothing to protect ...

• Blackberry vs. RedBerry In China, Part II — Mea Culpa

  Yesterday, in a post entitled, “Blackberry vs. Redberry in China,”I wrote about Blackberry’s plans to go into China and China’s own newly launched mobile e-mail service, Redberry.  Because of that post, I am today as red faced as (groan!) a red berry.  For in my post I predicted Redberry would have ...

• Free Speech At The Chinese Academies

  Asia Business Law Blog has a interesting post, entitled, “Discussing Controversial Issues in China’s Universities,” [link no longer exists] focusing on the surprisingly free speech granted foreign professors at Chinese Universities. Is it fair to compare the boundaries of free speech at China’s...

• ISS China Corporate Governance Webcast — June 6 And June 7

  On June 6 and June 7, the Institutional Investors Shareholders Services (ISS) will be putting on a webcast discussing their findings from a couple reports they published a month or so ago entitled “Institutional Shareholder Services 2006 Global Investor Study,” which included their special report, “...

• China Trademarking, Chinese Watermelons, And Rumors Of HIV Tainting

  Just came across a troubling article in the Shanghai Daily (h/t to the IP Dragon Blog), entitled, “Police investigate rumor on ‘HIV melons.” [link no longer exists]  The article talks about how the watermelon farmers of Linquan county (in Anhui Province) had earlier this year registered a trademark ...

• Foreign Business In China: Know Thine Internet Buzz — An Update

  The other day we did a post, entitled, “Foreign Business In China: Know Thine Internet Buzz,” regarding Dell’s China PR problems and concluded it by recommending steps foreign companies can take in China to protect their reputations against negative internet buzz.  Today, in a new post on Sam...

• Dell Computer Loses China Trademark Case — Big Yawn

  Dell Computer just lost a trademark infringement lawsuit in China. I certainly hope that case is never cited as an example of China not enforcing intellectual property rights (IPR) because it is not (h/t to Asia Business Intelligence and to the IP Dragon).  The case was decided in Beijing and we...

• Doing Business In China: The Most Basic Rules

  Newsweek just ran a story on problems one might encounter while engaging in medical testing in China.  Entitled, “Meds and Miracles,”[link no longer exists] this article is necessary reading for anyone doing business in China, not just those doing medical testing. I strongly suggest you read it. ...