Beijing media reports that Su Chi, first Beijing IP Court President, is under investigation for “serious violations of discipline and law. “
Three New Reports Proposing Policies for China Engagement
Three reports were recently released on Chinese law, Chinese science cooperation and US-Chinese relations with recommendations for the incoming administration. Here is a summary: The Brookings Institution’s report “The Future of US […]
A Federal Circuit with Chinese Characteristics? – The Launch of China’s New National Appellate IP Court 中国特色的联邦巡回上诉法院?

On December 27, 2018, the Supreme People’s Court released the Provisions on Certain Issues of the IP Court (the “Provisions”), and the Standing Committee of the NPC announced a first round name […]
December 2017 Update
Here are some updates on IP developments in China from this past December 2017: 1. Xi Jinping: China must accelerate implementation of big data strategy (English) 习近平:实施国家大数据战略加快建设数字中国 (Chinese). Xi Jinping, during a collective study […]
US & China Conclude High Level Exchange on Judicial Reform and Commercial Rule of Law
(photo by Mark Cohen) Last week, top U.S. and Chinese judges and legal experts came together to implement the agreement between Presidents Obama and Xi to hold a high level exchange on […]
Justice Tao Kaiyuan and the Role of the Judiciary

Justice Tao Kaiyuan of the Supreme People’s Court, who had been to the United States in 2015 delivering important speeches on rule of law, has recently published an article on “Giving Full […]
A Pair of Experiments in the Beijing IP Court
Back in 2012, I noted that “[t]he Chinese civil judiciary is pursuing reform and gaining experience, as Deng Xiaoping noted, by crossing the river by feeling the stones. A disproportionate part of […]