Company: OCG
Filing Date: 2025-05-15
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001213900-25-043484
Chunk: 26

Company: Oriental Culture Holding LTD
Filing Date: 2025-05-15
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 26
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In the event of a successful claim of infringement and our failure or inability to develop non-infringing technology or license the infringed
or similar technology on a timely basis, our business could be harmed. Moreover, even if we are able to license the infringed or similar
technology, license fees could be substantial and may adversely affect our results of operations.

See “ Risk Factors - Risks Related
to Our Business - We may not be able to prevent others from unauthorized use of our intellectual property, which could harm our business
and competitive position.” and“ - We may be subject to intellectual property infringement claims, which may be
expensive to defend and may disrupt our business and operations. ”

Regulations

This section sets forth a summary of the most
significant rules and regulations that affect our business activities in China and Hong Kong.

PRC Regulations

PRC Laws and Regulations relating to Foreign Investment

The PRC Foreign Investment Law

On March 15, 2019, the National People’s
Congress approved the Foreign Investment Law, which has taken effect on January 1, 2020 and replaced three existing laws on foreign
investments in China, namely, the Sino-foreign Equity Joint Venture Enterprise Law, the Sino-foreign Cooperative Joint Venture Enterprise
Law and the Wholly Foreign-invested Enterprise Law, together with their implementation rules and ancillary regulations. The Foreign
Investment Law embodies a regulatory trend to rationalize its foreign investment regulatory regime in line with prevailing international
practice and the legislative efforts to unify the corporate legal requirements for both foreign and domestic invested enterprises in China.
The Foreign Investment Law establishes the basic framework for the access to, and the promotion, protection and administration
of foreign investments in view of investment protection and fair competition.

According to the Foreign Investment Law,
“foreign investment” refers to investment activities directly or indirectly conducted by one or more natural persons, business
entities, or otherwise organizations of a foreign country (collectively referred to as “foreign investor”) within China, and
the investment activities include the following situations: (i) a foreign investor, individually or collectively with other investors,
establishes a foreign-invested enterprise within China; (ii) a foreign investor acquires stock shares, equity shares, shares in assets,
or other like rights and interests of an enterprise within China; (iii) a foreign investor, individually or collectively with other
investors, invests in a new project within China; and (iv) investments in other means as provided by laws