practice note Mainland China English original

Piercing the Corporate Veil, Tackling the Cat and Mouse Scenario

Case note on holding legal representatives jointly liable with companies for malicious trademark infringement and unfair competition through corporate-veil abuse.

Brief English Introduction

This note shows legal representatives on the creditor and tort side of corporate personality. Where individuals used companies as facades for repeated infringement, courts were willing to impose joint responsibility on the people behind the companies rather than let them hide behind formal personality.

Use It For

Use it to compare contract-creditor veil piercing with tort and intellectual-property contexts.

Teaching Notes

Ask students whether this is truly veil piercing, joint tort liability, or both.