Month: April 2023

CHINA | Joint-Stock Company Shareholders

China Joint-Stock Company Shareholders are either capital contributors or investors of a joint-stock company.  Shareholders have the right to attend the shareholders' general meeting and have voting rights. Equally, Shareholders are entitled to inspect the articles of association, shareholders' register, corporate bond receipts, minutes of general meetings of shareholders, minutes of meetings of the board of…

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CHINA | Revised Draft Trademark Law

Five important changes to the revised draft Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China (‘Draft’). Issued on 13 January 2023 by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (‘CNIPA’), the amended draft Trademark Law strengthens trademark protection. Specifically, addressing trademark squatting and well-known trademarks. In China, trademarks are registered according to the ‘first to file’…

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CHINA | How to Share Transfer

Shareholders may wish to amend the share structure of their subsidiary in China for several reasons by share transfer. Shareholder share rights 股权 (Guquán) can be transferred to shareholders in whole or in part. Under the Company Law, transferring share rights to a third party shall be approved by the majority of shareholders. Below, we…

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