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- Sheng Huang
Sheng Huang is of counsel in the firm’s Beijing office. He focuses on China-related practices. He has extensive experience in intellectual property law, specializing in the resolution of Chinese companies’ cross-border intellectual property disputes. He also assisted international and Chinese clients with their intellectual property issues in China.
- Certain Batteries and Electrochemical Devices Containing Composite Separators, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1087). Representing OPPO against patent infringement allegations from LG Chem.
- Certain Wi-Fi Enabled Electronic Devices and Components Thereof Such as Spare Parts (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1072). Representing Hisense against patent infringement allegations from Sharp.
- Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Products (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1002). Representing Baosteel against the allegations of trade secret misappropriation, antitrust and false designation of origin from U.S. Steel.
October 21, 2020, Covington Alert
Recently, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China approved an amendment to the Patent Law. The amended Patent Law is slated to take effect on June 1, 2021. Most notable among the 29 amended provisions are changes to rules for patent litigation. Below are some highlights that we believe may particularly interest international companies ...
July 14, 2020, Covington Alert
On July 3, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (“NPC”) of China published a second draft amendment (the “Draft”) on the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China (“Patent Law”). Most notably among the Draft’s proposed 29 revisions to the Patent Law, the Draft includes high-level provisions that would establish a framework for early ...
June 22, 2020, Covington Alert
On June 10, 2020, the PRC Supreme People’s Court (“SPC”) issued its proposed Interpretation on Certain Issues in Applications of Law in Adjudicating Civil Trade Secret Cases (Draft for Public Comments) (hereinafter the “Draft” or “Draft Judicial Interpretation”) . The Draft includes significant developments in China’s trade secret law following the Economic and ...
December 6, 2019, Covington Alert
The General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council of China jointly published Opinions on Strengthening Intellectual Property Protection (“Opinion”) on November 24, 2019, with the purpose of effectively deterring the occurrence of IP infringement by 2020. The Opinion provides specific and concrete guidelines to strengthen ...
April 25, 2019, Covington Alert
On April 23, 2019, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China passed a bill amending China’s Anti-Unfair Competition Law (“AUCL”). Changes made by the amendment bill took effect on the same day. Further to the last amendment to the AUCL in 2017, the newly introduced burden-of-proof shifting and punitive damages rules will significantly ...
January 10, 2019, Covington Alert
On January 4, 2019, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress ( “NPC”) of China published a draft amendment to the Patent Law (the “Draft”) for public comment. While this draft is not yet final, it indicates China is taking concrete steps to help patent holders with the exercise of their rights.
November 27, 2018, Covington Alert
On October 26, 2018, the Standing Committee of the People’s National Congress of the People's Republic of China (PRC) passed Decisions on Several Procedural Issues Relating to Patent and Other Intellectual Property Cases (the Appellate Rules), which will give the Supreme Court jurisdiction over patent and other complex technical IP cases (the Designated Subject ...
March 15, 2018, Covington Alert
China has continued to develop its adjudicatory framework for intellectual property disputes with the establishment of three Intellectual Property Tribunals (“IP Tribunals”) this month. This reform began with the establishment of three specialized IP Courts in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou at the end of 2014, and has been furthered with the establishment of ...
China’s Draft Patent Law Seeks Five Fold Increase on Damages Cap for Patent Infringement Cases
December 9, 2015, Covington Alert
October 30, 2015, Covington Alert
August 2015, Bloomberg BNA World Data Protection Report
July 13, 2015, Inside Privacy
On July 6, 2015, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) released a draft of the Network Security Law (“Draft Law,” referred to in some press articles as the draft Cybersecurity Law) for public comment. Comments can be submitted through the NPC website or by mail before August 5, 2015. The release of the Draft Law follows...… Continue Reading
July 7, 2015, Inside Privacy
On July 1, 2015, China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce published a draft of the Interim Measures on Supervision of Internet Advertising (“Draft Internet Advertising Measures”; original Chinese here) for public comment. If adopted as drafted, the Draft Internet Advertising Measures would (1) require advertisements in email and instant messaging ...
July 2015, Bloomberg BNA World Data Protection Report
June 4, 2015, Inside Privacy
New clarifying provisions in China regulating how marketing can be done via short message service (“SMS”) will come into effect on June 30, 2015. On May 28, 2015, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (“MIIT”) published measures to implement various high-level provisions related to SMS marketing in several different laws, such as the Decision...… ...
June 2015, Bloomberg BNA World Data Protection Report
February 2015, Bloomberg BNA World Data Protection Report