Overview

This briefing from Baker & McKenzie explains the impact of controversial new regulations in China governing the reward and remuneration payable to employees for inventions in the course of their service. If draft regulations are passed in their current form, companies would be required to significantly increase the level of compensation paid to employees. There is likely to be an impact on how companies would be able to use employee inventions, with employers having less control and autonomy over how an invention is used.