The Amendment to the Unfair Competition Law (Legal Update–China)

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The State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) released the amendment to the Unfair Competition Law on 22 November 2022.

The Unfair Competition Law has been relatively frequently amended in recent years (amended in 2017 and 2019) to catch up with the fast changing market conditions. Major points of this amendment include the establishment of unfair competition behaviors with respect to the area of digital economy, further clarification of the scope of the “confusion behaviors”, set more detailed provisions regarding the “false propaganda”, new mechanism on the protection of business secrets and new prohibition on the abuse of advantage market position.

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