China’s IP Antitrust Guidelines Released to the Public

• Citation: jd0015
• Author: Audrey Li,Cheng Liu,Nick Torres
• Date: 26 August 2020
• Published date: 26 August 2020
• Subject Matter: Corporate Law

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China’s IP Antitrust Guidelines Released to the

Public

By King & Wood Mallesons on August 26, 2020

Written by：Cheng Liu、Audrey Li、Nick Torres

Corporate & Commercial Group KWM Office

Preface

Recently, the Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for the Intellectual Property (“IP Guidelines”) was

published in the Collection of Antitrust Regulations and Guidelines in 2019 released by

the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”).

Previously, the National Development & Reform Committee (“NDRC”), Ministry of

Commerce (“MOFCOM”), State Administration of Industry and Commerce (“SAIC”) and

the State Intellectual Property Office were designated by the Anti-Monopoly Committee of

the State Council (“AMC”) to prepare drafts of the anti-monopoly guidelines on the abuse

of intellectual property. In February 2017, the Anti-Monopoly Guidelines on the Abuse of

Intellectual Property (Draft for Comments) (“Draft for Comments”) was completed based

upon the aforementioned four drafts and was issued for public comment. On January 4,

2019, with the approval of the AMC, the IP Guidelines was officially promulgated.