China Law Blog

The recently instituted China Trade Law Report just published an article I wrote on securing trademarks in China, entitled, "China's Trademark Laws -- Simple and Effective."  The gist of the article is what I have been saying in this blog since its inception:  it pays to register your trademarks in China. 

The China Trade Law Report is part of the Law.com online media empire, which is part of American Lawyer Media (ALM), which includes such leading legal publications as The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, The National Law Journal, all of which have some sort of tie-in Westlaw.  I started my practice with a massive law firm (which shall remain unnamed in this post) and I cannot forget when one of the firm's best known partners was quoted in the American Lawyer as saying something along the lines of, "our associates always know what is going on in the firm."  For years after that, we young associates would joke that we did indeed know what was going on in the firm, but only because we read American Lawyer. 

Though new, the China Trade Law Report is shaping up quite nicely.  Its goal is to provide topical and practical information to lawyers involved, even peripherally, with China.  I am honored to serve on its stellar and diverse Board of Editors, which, in addition to me, consists of the following:

• Jonathan Armstrong, an international technology lawyer at Eversheds' London office.
• Jordan W. Cowman,  an international labor lawyer at Akin Gump's Dallas, Texas, office.
• Nelson G. Dong, an international technology lawyer at Dorsey & Whitney's Seattle office.
• Usha C. V. Haley a Professor of International Business at the University of New Haven.
• William J. Kolasky, an antitrust lawyer (including international) at WilmerHale's Washington, DC office.
• Ronald D. Lee, a "security, cybersecurity, and technology law and policy" lawyer with Arnold & Porter's Washington, DC, office.
• Paramjit Mahli, head of marketing and development at Sun Communications Group in New York City.
• Ian Meredith, an alternative dispute resolution lawyer at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham's London office.
• Sydney H. Mintzer, a government and global trade lawyer at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw's Washington, DC, office.
• Kevin M. O'Connell, an international lawyer at O'Connell & Co's Washington, DC, office.
• John Weir, a lawyer at Weir & Fedy in Toronto, Canada, whose website is currently "under construction."
• Stuart Welburn, an international corporate transactions and securities lawyer at Thompson Hine's New York City office.
• William Wilson an international transactions lawyer at Wilson International Law's Washington, DC, office.
• Michael Wise an international patent law attorney at Perkins Coie's Santa Monica, California, office.

Though the China Trade Law Report will eventually be by subscription only, it is right now free for all.  Just click on through as though you are a subscriber and you can see the articles.  If you have an article you think might be appropriate for the Report, please let me know and I will make sure it gets into the right hands.