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Solve the dilemma in presenting evidence by applying to the court for collecting evidence and issuing an order to produce...

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Judgment Gist - In a civil intellectual property lawsuit, if the applicant applies to the court to order the other party to produce documentary evidence, it should clarify the factum probandum in its claims. When...more

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How to win the war against infringement on China’s e-commerce platforms

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In the information age, with the rapid development of the Internet, mobile Internet, big data, and other technologies, products can be promoted to the whole world without leaving your house; foreign companies can also open...more

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Financial Daily Dose 4.21.2021 | Top Story: The Success of Upstart Rivals (and Vaccines) Hits Netflix Hard

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The latest round of quarterly results from Netflix shows that while the grand-daddy of streaming “still rules” that universe, a combination of upstart and old-guard rivals “have cut into Netflix’s share of viewers’...more

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Financial Daily Dose 4.13.2021 | Top Story: Ant Group Agrees to Sweeping Overhaul to Appease Chinese Regulators

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Mere days after Chinese regulators hit Jack Ma’s Alibaba with a staggering $2.8 billion antitrust fine, the e-commerce giant’s sister company, Ant Group, announced “that it would undertake a sweeping, government-ordered...more

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Financial Daily Dose 4.12.2021 | Top Story: Chinese Regulators Hit Alibaba With $2.8B Antitrust Fine

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Chinese antitrust officials hit Alibaba with a “record” $2.8 billion fine over the weekend—the “biggest move yet in the government’s campaign to tighten its supervision of Big Tech.” ...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.13.2020 | Top Story: US Jobless Claims Fall Slightly, But Central Bankers Warn Against Complacency

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Thursday’s unemployment figures showed technically falling claims (down to 723,000 new claims for state benefits) but “remained above records set in previous recessions,” as the number of “laid-off and furloughed workers...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.20.2020 | Top Story: Intel Sells Flash Memory Unit to SKY Hynix for $9 billion

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Intel Corp. has reached a nearly $9 billion deal to sell its NAND flash memory unit to South Korea’s SKY Hynix, a “move that reorient[s] the semiconductor giant away from an area of historical importance that has become...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.11.2019 | Top Story: Hong Kong Stock Exchange Makes Surprise Bid for London Exchange

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There’s some surprise market wheeling and dealing afoot this morning. The Hong Kong stock exchange has offered to buy its London counterpart as part of a deal valued at $37 billion that would connect “the established...more

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Jurisdictional Lessons from Mt. Gox Cryptocurrency Litigation

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Last week, on the heels of a significant decline in Bitcoin prices, Forbes reported that China’s Central Bank is set to launch the world’s first state-backed cryptocurrency. The cryptocurrency will be made available initially...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.15.2019 | Top Story: Inverted Yield Curve and Trade-War Worries Send Markets Into Freefall

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Wall Street’s post-tariff-delay jubilance was short lived, as an inverted bond yield curve reared its ugly head yesterday, sending shares plummeting on a brutal day across all markets....more

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After weeks of regular negotiations (and months of back-and-forth before that), the rough outlines of a broad US/China trade deal are starting to take shape.  Early reports look like the end of US tariffs in exchange for...more

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Saudi Arabia is pushing OPEC and its allies to cut oil production in 2019, and it’s doing its own part by exporting 500,000 fewer barrels a day in December than now—all an attempt to “counter the price rout battering the...more

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Southern District of New York Enjoins AlibabaCoin from Using Alibaba Trademark

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On October 22, 2018, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba’s application for a preliminary injunction against cryptocurrency startup Alibabacoin...more

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The rise of tariffs as a trade weapon has put the WTO in a very difficult position as “chief judge in an intense fight among its most powerful members”....more

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The Commerce Department on Thursday announced a deal with China that will see the US lift stringent American sanctions on telecom giant ZTE in exchange for ZTE’s payment of a $1 billion fine and allowing the US to “more...more

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More than 3 years after admitting to cheating on diesel emissions tests, Volkswagen appears poised to oust CEO Matthias Muller—likely in favor of former BMW exec Herbert Diess....more

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Notwithstanding Lloyd’s assurances that the rumors of his demise are premature, Goldman has cleared the path forward for David Solomon (aka, one of its current co-Presidents, aka, DJ D-Sol) to assume the CEO position when Mr....more

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With Davos 2018 in the rear view mirror, some analysts are pegging the “geopolitical momentum” as China’s to claim, thanks in no small part to its expansive and ongoing “Belt and Road” initiative....more

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U.S. Blocks Alibaba Affiliate Ant Financial’s Acquisition of MoneyGram

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De-facto blocking evidences continuing scrutiny of Chinese investments in U.S. companies in the strategic technology and financial industries. On January 2, 2018, MoneyGram International, Inc. (NYSE:MGI (“MoneyGram”) and...more

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CFIUS's Failure to Approve Chinese Investment in Money Transfer Services Company Indicates Higher Hurdles for Chinese Investment...

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On January 2, 2018, MoneyGram International Inc. and Ant Financial Services Group announced that they had terminated their Amended Merger Agreement after they were unable to obtain approval of the transaction from the...more

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Alibaba Securities Class Action Reinstated

The Second Circuit recently revived a putative securities class action against Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and four of its top executives for alleged material misrepresentations in connection with the company’s $25 billion...more

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Big news out of Uber this weekend, where the company and its board resolved outstanding issues with Travis Kalanick in order to finalize a deal in which a SoftBank-led consortium of investors will buy up about $1 billion of...more

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We got our dose of Fed minutes yesterday, and it appears that the Fed—like the rest of us—is scratching its head over the “new reality” of concurrent low inflation and low unemployment. Fed officials are hoping that the low...more

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The Deal Professor thinks that Alibaba’s play for MoneyGram (via its Ant Financial arm) could tell us a lot about how the new administration will handle Chinese investment in the US....more

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2016: A Full Bouquet of Wine Fraud

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The rapid growth of the international wine market has given rise to a simultaneous growth in wine fraud. The burgeoning demand, especially in China, has exposed all players—collectors, investors, vineyards, distributors, and...more

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