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Law of the People's Republic of China Against Unfair Competition (as amended up to the Decision on Revising the Construction Law of the People's Republic of China and Other Seven Laws at the 10th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People's Congress on April 23, 2019), China

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Year of Version 2019 Dates Amended up to: April 23, 2019 Entry into force: December 1, 1993 Adopted: September 2, 1993 Type of Text IP-related Laws Subject Matter Trademarks, Competition, Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets), Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, Domain Names, Other

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Chinese 中华人民共和国反不正当竞争法 (根据2019年4月23日第十三届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第十次会议《关于修改〈中华人民共和国建筑法〉等八部法律的决定》修正) PDF HTML English Law of the People's Republic of China Against Unfair Competition (as amended up to the Decision on Revising the Construction Law of the People's Republic of China and Other Seven Laws at the 10th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People's Congress on April 23, 2019) PDF HTML WTO Notifications Coversheet WTO Notifications Coversheet French Loi de la République populaire de Chine contre la concurrence déloyale (telle que modifiée jusqu'à la décision de révision de la loi sur la construction de la République populaire de Chine et de sept autres lois à la 10e réunion du Comité permanent de la treizième Assemblée populaire nationale le 23 avril 2019 ) PDF Spanish Ley de la República Popular de China contra la Competencia Desleal (modificada por la Decisión sobre la Revisión de la Ley de Construcción de la República Popular de China y otras Siete Leyes en la Décima Reunión del Comité Permanente del Decimotercer Congreso Nacional del Pueblo el 23 de abril de 2019 ) PDF English Law of the People's Republic of China Against Unfair Competition (as amended up to the Decision on Revising the Construction Law of the People's Republic of China and Other Seven Laws at the 10th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People's Congress on April 23, 2019) PDF
Related Legislation Supersedes (2 text(s)) Supersedes (2 text(s))
Law of the People's Republic of China Against Unfair Competition (as revised at the 30th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress on November 4, 2017)(CN407)
Law of the People’s Republic of China Against Unfair Competition (promulgated by Order No. 10 of the President of the People's Republic China on September 2, 1993)(CN011)
Is implemented by (9 text(s)) Is implemented by (9 text(s))
Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of China (Interpretation No. 9 of 2022) (CN456)
Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Punitive Damages in the Trial of Civil Cases regarding the Infringement of Intellectual Property (Interpretation No. 4 of 2021) (CN454)
Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Civil Disputes of Domain Names (Interpretation No. 24 of 2001, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN426)
Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Civil Disputes Regarding Well-known Trademarks (Interpretation No. 3 of 2009, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN436)
Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Issues in the Trial of Civil Disputes Regarding the Conflicts between Prior rights and Registered Trademarks or Business Names (Interpretation No. 3 of 2008, amended up to December 23, 2020) (CN435)
Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Some Matters about the Application of Law in the Trial of Civil Cases Involving Unfair Competition (CN104)
Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Laws in the Trial of Civil Disputes of Domain Names (Interpretation No. 24 of 2001) (CN117)
Several Provisions on Prohibiting Infringements upon Trade Secrets (CN102)
Certain Regulations on Prohibiting Unfair Competition activity concerning imitating specific Names, Packaging or Decoration of Well-known Commodities (CN103)

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