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MOHRSS released Guiding Opinions of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on the Mechanism for Adjusting and Determining Work-related Injury Insurance Benefits (REN SHE BU FA [2017] No.58, hereinafter refers to “No.58”) on 28th July 2017. No.58 has adjusted some rules on the work-related injury insurance benefits, by considering many factors, such as the increase of workers’ wages,…

A foreign Company A and a Chinese Company B jointly set up a joint venture Company C, which is a limited liability company. The GM of C was assigned by Company B. Because the finance report showed years of loss, A decided to transfer all its equity to B. Several months later, by a chance, A found the GM had…

A Japanese Mr. A rode a sharing bike to home after work. He was knocked down by a car and got injured. Mr. A required the sharing bike company to compensate, and asked the company to apply for the work-related injury benefits. However, the sharing bike company rejected Mr. A’s claim by explaining that it would only undertake liabilities for…

Do you think this title is ridiculous? Many people may nod their heads. However, the fact is even more ridiculous. Wang planned to decorate his new apartment. He signed a contract with the “branch” of a well-known K decoration company and paid. Unfortunately, the “branch” suddenly went out of business after received the payment. Wang requested K to perform the…

Mrs. Wang worked in Company A for 6 years, and she worked in the Administration Dept.. Came back from the maternity leave, she often came to work late and left early, and became forgetful, which was not the right working attitude. No doubts, she was disqualified in the performance evaluation. Company A transferred her to the finance dept. for the…

On June 28, 2017, the State Intellectual Property Office promulgated “Administrative Measures for Priority Examination of Patent Applications” ((2017) Order No. 76, hereinafter referred to as the "New Measures"), which has come into force on August 1st, 2017. Compare with “Administrative Measures for Priority Examination of Invention Patent Applications” implemented on August 1st, 2012 (hereinafter referred to as the "Old…

It is common that many sellers would mark their shops, no matter online ones or offline ones, with “Exclusive Right to Sell XX”, “XX Brand Discount Shop” and etc.. When a seller is selling counterfeit products, it is an obvious trademark infringement behavior. What if a seller sells certified products, whether it shall be deemed as a trademark infringement behavior?…

Company A’s "Sales Regulations" specifies that, where the price of any transaction is lower than the normal price level, such transaction shall be approved by the accounting dept. in advance, otherwise, the responsible person shall be recorded for a serious mistake. Sales manager Qian sold products to his friend’s company at a lower price, which brought the loss of 0.17…

Lee, the shareholder of a limited liability company was dead. He did not make a will. His successors included his wife and son. Both wanted to be listed as the shareholder of the company, and recommended Lee’s wife to take over the chairman of the board, which was Lee’s position. The other shareholders did not willing to accept their requests.…

Company A dissolved the labor contract with Zhang. Then Zhang filed a labor arbitration on the grounds that company A illegally dissolved the labor contract. Hang also requested Company A to resume the labor relationship, and provide retroactive wages from the date when Company A made the dissolution decision, until the date of entry into force of the judgment. In…