Late last week, we did a post, Register Your China Trademark Or Go Home, screaming about the importance of foreign companies that do business in or with China (including those foreign companies that do nothing more than have their products made in China) registering their trademarks in China. That post was in response to “East Asia Company”… Continue Reading
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China Trademarks. Doing Them With Class.
Posted in Basics of China Business Law, Legal NewsAs we have written many times over the years, if you are selling goods into China, sourcing goods from China, or even just doing business in China or with China, you probably should be registering a trademark in China for your logos and brand names. China is a first-to-file country and it requires no evidence… Continue Reading
China Trademarks And Your Logo
Posted in Legal NewsBy: Matthew Dresden As we have written a number of times, every company sourcing goods from China should register a trademark in China for any logo or brand name appearing on its goods or packaging. China is a first-to-file country, and companies that do not register their own trademarks are just laying out the welcome… Continue Reading
Hermès’ China Trademark Case. Do You Know What Trademarks You Really Need?
Posted in Basics of China Business Law, Legal NewsDebra Bruno of Women’s Wear Daily [subscription required, but go here for Fashionista's take on the article] interviewed me the other day regarding Hermès’ long-standing China trademark dispute. Here’s the deal. Back in 1995, a Chinese company registered the name Ai Ma Shi. The thing is, Ai Ma Shi is what Chinese call Hermès. So… Continue Reading
File Your Trademark In China. Now.
Posted in Legal NewsEvery few months or so, I see something that reminds me of how important it is to file your trademarks in China before anyone else does. I often tell clients that filing a trademark is about the only China legal no-brainer. Or as I said in a post from earlier this year, entitled, “China: Do… Continue Reading
Who Should Own Your China IP? Maybe Not You.
Posted in Legal NewsWe have been handling way more than the usual number of disputes between our clients and Chinese companies. In a number of these cases, our clients paid money to Chinese factories with whom they had been doing business for years and the Chinese factories simply refused to send over any product. These Chinese companies claimed… Continue Reading
Eight Big Mistakes To Avoid In China.
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsOne of the favorite topics among China lawyers is the big mistakes they have seen their clients, rejected clients, and others make when trying to navigate China. The discussion usually transpires with one attorney telling the facts, with the others then giving a knowing laugh and nod and then trying to top it. Had this… Continue Reading
China Trademarks And Litigation And Speed As The Enemy Of Accuracy. Get Me Goldilocks.
Posted in Legal NewsI did a post the other day implicitly complaining about how long it takes for Chinese trademark registrations to go through. In response to that post, Stan Abrams over at China Hearsay, in a post entitled “China Trademarks: That Pesky Perennial Pendency Problem,” wrote of the opposite concern: what will happen to accuracy if China’s… Continue Reading
China Trademarks. Rumors Of Speed Are Greatly Exaggerated.
Posted in Legal NewsRecently gave some China trademark advice of somewhat universal applicablity. The first was for a client getting ready to register a couple of its trademarks in China. They asked how long “it would all take” and I gave my standard answer. We typically take a week or two to get everything set up and filed,… Continue Reading
China Trademarks. The Rules For Chinese.
Posted in Legal NewsThough my firm represents Chinese companies in the United States, we never represent Chinese companies in China. This means that when we are retained to register trademarks in China, we almost always are registering existing names and those names are almost always in English, or at least in the Roman alphabet. About 80 percent… Continue Reading
The Basics On Doing Business In China.
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsBeijinger Magazine recently did a really nice article on our blog,entitled, “Blogging the Law.” The article is mostly an interview with me and it nicely distills the basics for doing business in China. On the business side, it first addresses China’s current climate for foreign businesses: How would you describe the government’s present attitude towards foreign… Continue Reading
China Intellectual Property (IP). I Hate Cats.
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsThe China Economic Review just came out with a column by Andrew Hupert, entitled, “Schroedinger’s copyright: Negotiating with Chinese about IP and brands requires quantum thinking.” It is on a completely different topic than I initially expected and so I will first cover the article and then I will cover the expected topic. Hupert’s article is… Continue Reading
That’s Hot: China Distribution Contracts
Posted in Legal NewsWe recently did a post, entitled, “That’s Hot: Made In China For China. By Foreigners” in which we talked about seeing a massive increase in licensing agreements for foreign companies licensing products to Chinese manufacturers. We have also been seeing a correspondingly massive increase in work for foreign companies entering into distribution contracts with Chinese distributors…. Continue Reading
Change Your Car’s Oil. See Your China Trademark Lawyer.
Posted in Legal NewsJust came across a great post on the benefits of using lawyers before you encounter a problem. The post is entitled, “Cautionary Tale: Hire Trademark Attorney or Change Name — Three Times,” and it rightly bills itself as “a cautionary tale for business owners who adopt a trademark before talking to a trademark attorney.” The… Continue Reading
China Law and Governance Review Resumes Publication
Posted in Legal NewsThe China Law and Governance Review has resumed publication (h/t to The Chinese Law Professor Blog). This online magazine (with plans to add a print version) published a couple issues back in 2004 and then ceased. It describes itself as follows: As a keen observer of China, we think that you will find the China… Continue Reading
Qingdao Court Rules In Favor Of Starbucks In Landmark Chinese Trademark Case (Part II)
Posted in Legal NewsBy: Steve Dickinson In part I of this series on China trademarks, I blogged about Starbucks’ trademark history in China and about the recent Qingdao court decision finding a Qingdao coffee shop had violated various of Starbucks’ Chinese trademarks. In this post, I discuss my own on the ground observations of the Qingdao coffee shop… Continue Reading
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