By Shujun Liu, Lanxue Zhao, Na Li & Xiaoyu Liu1   Ever since the implementation of the People’s Republic of China’s (“PRC”) Anti-Monopoly Law (the “AML”) in 2008, the pharmaceutical…

To celebrate the 16th anniversary of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML), which took effect in August 2008, Dr. Elizabeth Wang, an Economist at Compass Lexecon, interviewed Professor Huang Yong, a Law…

By Michael Han, Bivio Yu & Arthur Wong1   On June 17, 2024, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) released the Guidelines for the Review of Horizontal Mergers (“Consultation…

In this CPI Interview series, Sophie Yang, an economist with Compass Lexecon, interviewed Yanyan Yang of Latham & Watkins, a renowned multinational law firm specializing in antitrust and competition practice.…

The revised Antimonopoly Law, as amended in June 2022, added a new system of reviewing concentrations that do not meet the standard of notification, which is a necessary supplementary rule…

Since the start of U.S.-China trade war in 2018, semiconductor companies found themselves in the center of crossfire in this smokeless war. As the U.S. government attempts to restrict China’s…

Given the characteristics of listed companies and special legal requirements for listed companies under the PRC merger control laws and regulations, there are special challenges and compliance risks concerning the…

Each year, the Intellectual Property Court of the PRC Supreme People’s Court published a summary of key points of its antitrust case judgments concluded in the prior year. On February…

The interplay between antitrust and IP private litigations in China, as exemplified by recent legislations and cases, underscores the evolving landscape of IP rights enforcement within antitrust frameworks. Specifically, the…

The regulation of resale price maintenance (RPM) stands as a notably contentious issue within antitrust law. The 2022 revision of China’s Anti-monopoly Law introduced the concepts of “Safe Harbor” and…

A decade has passed since the Guangdong High Court upheld the first Chinese telecom standard essential patents judgment in 2013.  Since then, a number of landmark judgments were handed down…

In an interview conducted by Dr. Yujie Qian, a Senior Economist with Compass Lexecon, Dr. Roger Zhang, Vice President for Public Affairs at Tencent, discussed the recent regulatory developments concerning…