INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Enterprises in Guangdong-HK-Macau Bay Area are looking to advanced standards like Industrie 4.0 to pursue smart manufacturing and raise overall competitiveness. As Bay Area governments are collaborating in propelling industries towards the high end of the value chain, industry players can make use of Hong Kong platform and the city’s IP protection regime to find right cooperation partners to achieve higher industry standards. More

Small businesses will have easier access to finance and pay less tax in line with a new directive from the General Office of the State Council. More

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on 1 November that a federal grand jury has indicted a mainland Chinese state-owned enterprise, as well as a Taiwan-based company and three individuals, for crimes related to a conspiracy to steal, convey and possess stolen trade secrets of U.S. semiconductor company Micron Technology Inc. for the benefit of a company controlled by the mainland Chinese government, along with a conspiracy to commit economic espionage. More

On 9 October 2018, in order to combat infringements of intellectual property rights (“IPR”), the EU governments represented in the Council of the European Union approved a new EU customs action plan covering the years 2018 to 2022. The new action plan identifies four strategic objectives and puts forth twenty-five concrete actions to achieve those strategic objectives. More