Unfair Competition

Chinese kiosk producer fined $16,000 for false advertising as McDonald's supplier

​China’s Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court on December 26 upheld the lower court’s decision ordering Guangzhou Taiyun Tech Co., Ltd. to pay 100,000 yuan ($16,000) in damages in a legal battle with Guangzhou Coates Signco Trading Co., Ltd.

China’s top 6 corporate compliance cases released by SPP

China’s Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) on December 15 released this year’s second list of 6 representative cases for corporate compliance, two of which are intellectual property cases.

Carrefour accuses Walmart of forcing merchants to choose sides

Retailer Carrefour China accused Sam’s Club, a Walmart Inc.’s unit, of forcing merchants to choose between it and Sam’s Club, a monopolistic behavior being cracked down on by the Chinese government.

KingClean (Lexy) wins its employees for breach of non-compete clause

KingClean discovered that although the 19 resigned employees had signed non-disclosure agreements and non-compete agreements, both of which they promised to abide by, they all joined the startup shortly after departure.

TATA wins online injunction against e-commerce site

India's largest corporation Tata group has secured a victory against e-commerce website 'Tatacliqsmart', after the Delhi Court handed down an injunction following a complaint that the site was allegedly infringing the trademarks and copyright of the multinational company.