Shanghai No. 1 Secondary People's Court has sentenced Toudu.com, one of the many online video service providers in China, to pay RMB50000 in compensation to NuCom Online (Beijing) for the violation of the NuCom's copyright by offering the film of "Crazy Stone" online. Read More >

The Standardization Administration of China has published three plastic bag standards which will be formally enacted on June 1, 2008. Read More >

Hong Kong plans an accelerated tax deduction for environment-friendly facilities as part of its Revenue Bill 2008. Read More >

Embattled Chinese technology company UTStarcom says it has reached a final settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States regarding an investigation of the company's financial disclosures during prior reporting periods, and the CEO has managed to get away with hardly any punishment. Read More >

Beijing's State Administration of Taxation has exposed ten cases of tax evasion in 2007 and says it fined Beijing Guanghui Jiyuan Trade Company, a television shopping provider, about RMB40 million for tax evasion. Read More >

To show their support for the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games, Carrefour stores in Beijing asked their employees to wear clothing with China's national flag and hats with the Olympic Game logo. However only days after they began, they have been asked to stop wearing the hats by Beijing Olympic Games Organization Committee who say the company did so purely for marketing reasons. Read More >

Beijing's industrial and commercial government departments are signing agreements with businesses under their jurisdiction to strengthen the protection of Olympic symbols and to destroy fake goods. Read More >

Right before the World Intellectual Property Rights Day on April 26, 2008, the Shenzhen Procuratorial Department published details of a software piracy case jointly uncovered by police from China and the United States. Read More >

To welcome the World Intellectual Property Day and show China's achievements in anti-piracy as well as its determination in intellectual property rights protection, the National Eliminate Pornography and Illegal Publications Work Team has held an activity in the 31 municipalities, provinces and autonomous regions across the country to destroy pirated and illegal publications. Read More >

Nanjiecun Group, which has been famous in China as one of the best managed township enterprises, is now accused of making illegal profit by selling fake soybean seeds. Read More >

Bayer CropScience says it has filed a lawsuit against the Chinese company Jiangsu Tian Rong in an intermediate court in Jiangsu to enforce rights under its Chinese Mefenpyr patent. Read More >

News from the Legal Affairs Office of the State Council is that China has put the drafting of Data Safety Rule, a law that intends to protect the safety of personal information, on its legislative plan of this year. Read More >