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On Differences in Claims for Product Liability between in USA and in China
Submitted by Thomas on Wed, 11/21/2007 - 04:20.In USA, to establish a claim to recover for harm caused by a defective product, American tort law demands that at the very least plaintiff establish:
(1) that the plaintiff’s harm results from a product defect; and
(2) that the product was defective when it left the hands of the defendant-distributor.
A Brief Introduction of Intellectual Property Protection in China
Submitted by Thomas on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 07:07.As we all know, intellectual property is intangible and is created by intellectual effort as opposed to physical effort, which mainly includes patents, copyrights and trademarks. A patent is a governmental grant of an exclusive monopoly as an incentive and a reward for a new invention or utility model or design.
On the Labor Contract Law
Submitted by Thomas on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 06:03.The Labor Contract Law of the People’s Republic of China was adopted by the Decision of the twenty-eighth Session of the Standing Committee of the tenth People's Congress on June 29, 2007 and shall come into force upon January 1, 2008. In comparison with the Labor law enacted in 1994, under this law protection laborers shall be improved and management costs of human resources undertaken by employers shall go up accordingly.
On the newly-revised Bar Law
Submitted by Thomas on Mon, 11/12/2007 - 04:23.The newly-revised Bar Law (Law of the People’s Republic of China on Lawyers) has been adopted by the Decision of the Thirtieth Session of the Standing Committee of the tenth People's Congress on Amending the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China and shall come into force upon April 4, 2008. Difficulties in meeting parties, looking through relevant files and surveying for proofs have long been existed in the process of lawyers’ work.
On the newly-revised Civil Procedural Law
Submitted by Thomas on Mon, 11/12/2007 - 04:21.The newly-revised Civil Procedural Law was adopted by the Decision of the Thirtieth Session of the Standing Committee of the tenth People's Congress on Amending the Company Law of the Peoples Republic of China on October 28, 2007 and shall come into force upon April 4, 2008. Great revision on the re-trial system and the execution system has been made in the newly-revised Civil Procedural Law.