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.
Unfair Competition
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.
U.S. removes Chinese smartphone-maker Xiaomi from blacklist
China’s commerce ministry on Thursday welcomed the removal of Xiaomi from a U.S. government blacklist, a day after the U.S. reversed a ban on U.S. investments in the smartphone maker that was imposed under former President Donald Trump.
