April 14 2021
It is generally considered that the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of China offers supplementary protection to IP. The Anti-Unfair Competition Law also regulates the unfair competition acts in the field of IP, thus it could be applied against abuse of IP rights.
Scope of protection
As defined in Article 2 of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, the act that "violates this law, disrupts market competition order or infringes the legal rights and interests of other business operators or consumers during production or distribution activities" belongs to the Unfair Competition Act.
It covers the "act of confusion, commercial bribery, false or misleading commercial promotion, infringement on trade secret, prize-giving sales, fabricating or disseminating false or misleading information to damage the reputation of a competitor and the online market competition." There is also a catch-all general clause so that the Unfair Competition Act under the definition of Article 2 could all be dealt with under the framework of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law.