Volume 9, Issue 2

The restrictions on ambush marketing frequently contradict the basic legal principles of intellectual property right. Special legislation is not applicable to the majority of cultural and sports events for the protection of their rights and interests. This paper attempts to scientifically understanding the meaning of ambush marketing, define the relationship of legal interests behind the ambush marketing and find the solutions for the predicament of ambush marketing with respect to the existing trademark regulations, with a view to offering some intellectual support for the Chinese government in fulfilling its bidding commitments for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

“Trade facilitation for the ASEAN Economic Community,” reads the mission statement of the ASEAN Single Window (ASW). This moved closer to becoming reality on 1 January 2018 when four of the six pilot Member States – Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam, officially implemented the use of the Single Window’s first functional module: the electronic exchange of preferential certificates of origin. This is a monumental landmark of an occasion – especially given ASEAN’s reputation as an ineffective, disintegrated alliance. It had been work in progress for so long (the Protocol to establish the ASW was signed in 2013, negotiations commenced much earlier) that sceptics, not few to begin with, were increasingly doubtful of success. But it has happened, which gives the Member States a much needed boost in credibility that they will take trade facilitation seriously. The true test, however, lies ahead. Investors and business operators continue to be frustrated by inefficient customs procedures and weak rule of law which are costing businesses even more than discriminatory tariffs. The WTO’s 2015 World Trade Report estimated that the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), in which most of the ASEAN Member States are also participating, would cut trade costs globally by between 9% and 21% when implemented. By geography, the South East Asian countries other than Singapore leaned in the 21% region. This article identifies the Rule of Law to be a critical common denominator and offers to illustrate how Member States must maximise the involvement of multiple stakeholders, from civil service employees to the private sector, to develop and strengthen the regional Rule of Law to in turn optimise ASEAN’s involvement in the Single Window and TFA.

The conduct of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) of commercial banks is an important activity in order to fulfill the strategic objectives of all banks involved. However, M&As activities in Vietnamese banking sector have unique characteristics because most of the recent deals are to consolidate the system. These are arranged by central bank and other financial regulatory authority bodies with the purpose of achieving a prudential financial system. This article examines the effects of M&As activities in banking sector by analyzing profits and risks of commercial banks pre and post M&As in the recent liberalization episode in Vietnam. The preliminary result suggests that most of commercial banks experience lower profits and higher credit risks after M&As. Hence, it seems that most of banks face more difficulties after M&As.

It is well known that judiciary is one of the most important organs of any State. The quality of justice of a country is mostly based on the strong, independent and fair judiciary. By ensuring justice judiciary plays the key role in development progress of a country. But in Bangladesh it is an irony of fate that in the judiciary there is too much corruption, nepotism, inordinate delay and many other serious problems are deeply entered. As a result the judiciary is failed to provide the ultimate justice for general people. If anyone looks over the existing civil litigation system can easily find out many problems and lickings. In the present civil litigation system the Court never follows the speedy process at all and in case of service of summons, framing of issues, discovery, and execution process there are huge problem. Again, various types of corruption from among the judicial officers, lawyers and clients are clearly seen in Court premises. To prevent these types of dreadful conditions State required very urgent effective steps. Now this is an age of digitalization and through the use of digital means State can improve the existing civil litigation system.

Is there hostility toward things foreign in the US legal system? Existing work examines the success of foreign litigants in American courts and fails to find clear evidence for the existence of xenophobia. We propose to shift the debate toward the legislative framework underlying transnational litigation. Specifically, this study examines the willingness to facilitate the enforcement of foreign judgments through state legislation. Our statistical analysis finds that cultural attitudes do matter: where society exhibits intolerance and xenophobia, foreign judgments are less welcome. By demonstrating how cultural attitudes shape the law, this study contributes to the debate on the social origins of legal norms, and also advances the analysis of legal-system interaction in the age of globalization.