⿻Maritime Law

Who Should Be Responsible for Goods Damage that Occurs During Customs Inspection?

By Tian Meng

Suppose a shipper requests a shipping company transport goods from Germany to China. The goods are damaged by rain when they are open for the customs inspection at the port of Shanghai. Should the carrier be responsible for goods damage that occurs during the customs inspection? To answer this question, we need to think over whether the carrier is responsible for and in what circumstances the carrier could be exempted from the responsibility for goods damage that occurs during the customs inspection. Let’s deal with these issues one by one............................More

⿻ Trademark Law

Can OpenAI Regain ChatGPT Trademarks from Trademark Squatters? 

By You Yunting

After Open AI, a US company launched ChatGPT3.5 big language model a year ago, a few Chinese companies squatted in applying for ChatGPT trademarks and obtained official approval for their trademark applications or started the announcement process after passing the preliminary examination by the trademark authority. My researches showed it might be difficult for OpenAI to protect its rights because ChatGPT was not open to users within China and its own trademarks were not safe as well. Let’s look at this case.......................More

⿻ New Laws, Rules and Regulations

1. Company Law of P.R.China (Revised) / Standing Committee, NPC

2. Interpretation of Several Issues Connected with Application of General Provisions of the Chapter Contracts of Civil Code of P.R.China / SPC

3. Regulations of Non-banking Payment Services Except Banks / SC

4. Decision to Modify the Provisions Relating to Establishment of International Business Courts by Supreme People’s Court / SPC

5. Driverless Civil Aircraft Manufacturing Regulations/ MIIT 

6. Human Organ Donation and Transplant Rules / SC