The term “cross-border transfer of claims” means that a creditor in China transfers claims that it lawfully holds (the subject claims) to an offshore investor, and the foreign investor replaces the existing domestic creditor to become the new creditor. There are, in practice, two relatively successful means of effecting cross-border...

In the just-ended series of events for World Intellectual Property Day aiming to promote public awareness of intellectual property rights, the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB), the Beijing Intellectual Property Court and the Beijing High Court have unanimously stepped up efforts to crack down on pre-emptive trademark applications...