The Chinese SAIC holds a meeting with certain industry participants to obtain feedback on the latest draft regulation on the prohibition of conduct eliminating or restricting competition through abuses of IPR

High tech under scrutiny in China* On April 26, 2013, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (“SAIC“) - one of China’s three antitrust law enforcement bodies - noted on its website that it had held a meeting with certain industry participants to obtain feedback on the latest draft Regulation on the Prohibition of Conduct Eliminating or Restricting Competition through Abuses of Intellectual Property Rights (“Draft IPR Abuse Regulation“). In a conference at Peking University on April 28, SAIC officials gave additional comments on the draft regulation. The request for feedback on the draft regulation is just the latest in a series of developments in relation to antitrust enforcement in the field of intellectual property rights (“IPRs“). It also illustrates the ever-increasing