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Preemptive litigation in IP theft cases. China reacts to the Quad. Russia warns NATO and Ukraine against getting too cozy. Cryptocurrency regulation update.

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The Wall Street Journal describes Beijing’s use of anti-suit injunctions to drive legal decisions favorable to domestic firms accused of IP theft. Anti-suit injunctions limit cases to one jurisdiction. Despite the CCP’s commitments in recent years to take more care of trade secrets, Akin Gump partner Brian Pomper explains that "What the Chinese are doing is using this legal tool…to make it so Chinese courts—really the Chinese government—and nobody else decides how valuable intellectual property is.” In one case underway between Beijing brand Oppo and Japan’s Sharp, a court in Munich has submitted an anti-anti-suit injunction against a Shenzhen court….

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