The pain of parallel imports from China
Most of us know that we can arrange for customs to seize counterfeit goods before they enter the market. Under Part 13 of the Trade Marks Act for example, the owner of a registered trade …
Are China’s laws up to the test?
Last time we looked at the Stern Hu case. Some five weeks after being arrested, Rio Tinto executive Hu has now been charged with “using improper means to obtain commercial secrets about our country’s steel …
A Stern warning in interesting times
The Chinese curse, “may you live in interesting times” seems counter-intuitive to Western ears. After all we are constantly bombarded with the notion that our lives need to be ‘interesting’ to be ‘happy and satisfying’.
Throughout …
How to upset the Chinese apple cart
It was with a sense of bewilderment and wry amusement that I read that the NSW State Government proposes to impose a requirement that all future NSW Government tenders provide a 20 percent loading preference …
