December 13, 2021 at 2:23 pm
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2021年12月10日,中国知网(Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure)主办单位发出《关于“赵德馨教授起诉中国知网获赔”相关问题的说明》,对该电子杂志社取得赵德馨文字作品信息网络传播权过程中存在的工作不足,向身为作者的赵德馨致歉。 在道歉的同时,知网主办单位也向公众解释了现行的免费政策,表示自2019年起已开通作者服务平台,所有作者一经实名注册,即可无限期免费使用自己的作品。
December 8, 2021 at 3:41 pm
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On November 24, 2021, the second iGLIP on ODR virtual meeting was successfully held. The theme of the meeting was the stocktaking of recent developments with regard to online platforms for trade and their linkage to dispute resolution, and online platforms for dispute resolution purposes. The meeting was opened by Ms Teresa Cheng, SC, Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong SAR, and Ms Anna Joubin-Bret, Secretary of UNCITRAL. Two roundtable discussions were then held, the first on platforms for international trade and their linkage to dispute resolution. More than 20 experts from China, Japan, Sweden, Australia and other countries and regions, along with Mr Jae Sung Lee, Legal Officer of UNCITRAL, participated in the meeting.
The experts discussed the Working Draft Outline for Instrument on “Access to Justice and the Role of Online Dispute Resolution. Prof. Xue joined the discussions and primarily commented on “Minimum Core Standards for the ODR Process”. Regarding full spectrum of ODR services, Prof. Xue concerned that most existing services cannot meet this standard. In addition, Prof. Xue questioned the necessity of the standards that “ODR process should be final and enforceable” because many successful services have no finality. Prof. Xue suggested the standard that “ODR providers and ODR platforms must operate with independence, neutrality, and impartiality” be substantiated and elaborate whether institutional independence should be added into it.
UNCITRAL will continue to engage with the experts and prepare an outline of a text that would address the issues arising from technology-related disputes, which can be presented to the Commission for its consideration in 2022.
November 30, 2021 at 2:18 pm
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The UNCITRAL Working Group IV (e-commerce), composed of all States members of the Commission, held its sixty-second session from 22 to 26 November 2021 through virtual meetings 5.5 hours every evening (UTC +8:00 Beijing time) Arrangements were made to allow delegations to participate in person at the Vienna International Centre and remotely. Prof. Xue led the delegates of CIETAC joined the WG meetings and took part in discussion of the draft Provisions on the Use and Cross-border Recognition of Identity Management and Trust Services.
The Working Group focused the discussions on the issues of terminology, trust services, liability, and cross-border recognition. Substantial progress was made in the consideration of those issues.
Regarding terminologies, the item of relying party is added along with other terms. The WG spent a long time to discuss the definition of e-ID and its correlation with authentication. Actually it refers to a process to achieve authentication, rather than the assured outcome. The WG clarified that it should be “e-ID services” not “systems” that should be used in the provisions. The WG discussed in-depth about liability of e-ID service providers and roughly agreed to add a paragraph on liability to relying party. With respect to subscribers’ obligation of notification of service providers, Prof. Xue suggested following modification, i.e. “the subscriber knows that the its access and use of the trust service has been compromised”. Cross-border recognition was another hotly debated issue. In conclusion, CB recognition can be achieved through either recognition ex ante or through ex post conclusion that the method used by the foreign trust service offers at least an equivalent level of reliability.
The draft Provisions are expected to be submitted to the Commission for discussion and approval in 2022.
November 30, 2021 at 11:32 am
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In her second-term of the Deputy Director of Online Dispute Resolution Center of CIETAC, Prof. Xue joined the Director’s meeting on November 29, 2021, along with the Director Mr. Wang and Deputy Director Mr. Wang. The three Directors analyzed the current situation of the ODR Center and assessed the challenges and opportunities of domain name disputes. The Directors approved the new list of Panelists for domain name dispute resolution at CIETAC/ADNDRC Beijing Office. Some new blood was introduced into the list to make it more internationalized. The Center will continue to deploy the dispute resolution cloud system to improve efficiency and efficacy. The ADNDRC Annual Meeting 2022 will be organized in Beijing and expected to be an important media exposure. All the Directors looked forward to working closely next year.