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Multiple Reasons for Optimism: China's IP Picture Continues to Evolve
Watch carefully as China now prepares new policy guidelines, expected by the end of this year, for its semiconductor industry. Policy-makers and economists say, no doubt correctly, that China has identified semiconductors as a core part of its high-tech and overall business strategy. Tax exemptions and tax reductions will be major components of the emergent strategy, as will direct subsidies for R&D. Such tactical economic initiatives are expected to affect foreigners, including American expert technicians and corporate partners, as well as domestic interests.
It will also be interesting to see what, if any, intellectual property provisions are included in the new guidelines to both protect indigenous semiconductor manufacturers and assure non-Chinese companies as to the protection of their own products. At the most general level, any formal commitments by the Chinese in this area can only reinforce increasingly optimistic prognostications regarding their overall willingness to respond to global IP concerns ' a willingness that has fast become a matter of Chinese self-interest, if nothing else.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.