In this page: Business Contract | Intellectual Property | Legal Framework of Business | International Dispute Resolution
Type of property and law | Validity | International Agreements Signed |
---|---|---|
Patent Patent Law 1992 |
20 years, non renewable |
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) |
Trademark Law on Marks |
10 years, renewable indefinitely |
Trademark Law Treaty Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks |
Design Patent Law |
10 years | |
Copyright Copyright Law |
During the lifetime of the author and 50 years after his or her death |
Berne convention For the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms Rome ConventionFor the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations WIPO Copyright Treaty WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty |
Industrial Models Patent Law |
10 years |
Base of the state, individuals rights, and private property returned in constitution in 2004 | Constitution of 1982 (after 2004 amendments) |
Regulations on the litigations on environmental protection, taxation and customs, the quality of products, and opposition to administrative decisions | Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure Law |
Civil Law (Property law and the General Law on Registered Trademarks) | Civil law, Civil Law Procedure |
Criminal Law |
Criminal law and Criminal Procedure Law |
Labor Law | Labour Law |
Commercial Law | Law on Contracts, Law on Prices, Foreign Trade Law, Law of Protection of Consumers, and Law against Unfair Competition |
Company Law | Companies Law, Law on Foreign Company Venture Capital, and WFOE Law |
Supreme People's Court | Highest Court in the legal system of China. |
Intermediate People's Court | The trial courts are responsible for criminal and civil cases. |
Special Courts | Military court, Court of railway transport and Maritime Court of China. |
Supreme People's Procuratorate | They exert their authority in cases endangering the safety of the State and public safety, damaging the economic order and violating the personal and democratic rights of the citizens and other important criminal causes. |
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