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King & Wood Mallesons delighted to contribute to the 2025 China chapter of AI-Generated Content and Copyright published by Thomson Reuters Practical Law

On March 18, 2025, the renowned legal know-how provider Practical Law under Thomson Reuters published the updated version of “AI-Generated Content and Copyright (China)” (2025 Note).

20 March 2025

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Navigating Net Zero: APAC Climate Guide

In our APAC Climate Guide, experts across the region share their insights as they help clients to navigate the transition. We look at the incentives encouraging clean energy, how carbon markets are expanding, the growth of sustainable finance and the role of the private sector. We also look at focus areas in each jurisdiction, from wind power in Japan to electric vehicles in China.

05 February 2025

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King & Wood Mallesons releases Legal and Policy Research on Hainan Free Trade Port

In 2018, the CPC Central Committee announced its decision to support for Hainan’s development into a pilot free trade zone and establishment of a free trade port (FTP).

13 November 2024

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Data misuse and data breaches are the two core risks of data security. Data misuse can be prevented through strict legal regulations that ensure standardized data processing. compliance and regulatory-cybersecurity and data compliance,telecommunications media entertainment and technology-data protection and privacy

28 April 2025

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On March 19, 2025, the Chinese Zhangjiagang Court ruled in a recent AIGC copyright infringement case Feng v. Dongshan Company that, the plaintiff's AI-generated pictures lacked enough original authorship to be copyrightable and that the prompts were not copyrightable either.[1] Unlike the previous AIGC copyrightability cases where the local Chinese courts recognized the original authorship in the AI-generated work, this is the first Chinese case under which AI-generated pictures were denied copyright protection.intellectual property-trademarks and copyright,digital economy,artificial intelligence

25 April 2025

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On 28 November 2024, the newly amended Supervision Law of the People's Republic of China was adopted by the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and is set to take effect on 1 June 2025. This amendment focuses on strengthening the oversight and restrictions on supervisory powers, with an emphasis on safeguarding citizens' rights. Dispute Resolution & Litigation-Compliance and Corporate Governance

21 April 2025

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KWM Trademark Team is ranked as Gold firm for the 13th consecutive year by WTR 1000

The trademark team of King & Wood Mallesons China Office was ranked as gold firms in the Trademark Enforcement and Litigation and Trademark Prosecution and Strategy categories for the 13th consecutive year in the 2025 edition of the WTR 1000 published by the World Trademark Review (WTR) , an world's authoritative media in the field of intellectual property rights. Twelve of the team members have won the title of "Outstanding Individual".

07 February 2025

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KWM achieves leading rankings in 51 practice areas and celebrates 107 partners’ individual rankings in Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2025

In the Chambers Greater China Region Guide 2025 unveiled by Chambers and Partners on 16 January 2025, King & Wood Mallesons was ranked as Band 1 in 23 of the 51 recognised practice areas.

16 January 2025

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KWM wins six awards at The Legal 500 China Awards 2024

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) was crowned PRC Firms Firm of the Year in the categories of Banking and Finance, Litigation, and TMT as well as Deal of the Year – Private Equity: PRC Firms at The Legal 500 China Awards 2024 ceremony on 12 December 2024. Partners Yuan Min and Huang Jianwen were respectively recognised as PRC Firms Lawyer of the Year in Insurance, and Life Sciences and Healthcare.

12 December 2024

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