Fascinating and important post over at the Chinese Law Prof blog today, entitled, “When does law matter in China?” The post and my own experiences lead me to answer by saying “all the time.” But remember mattering is not the same thing as being determinative. Professor Clarke starts his blog post by noting how he… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: NNN Agreement
The China NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement). Shut The Barn Door BEFORE The Horse Bolts.
Posted in Legal NewsJust received the following comment to our post, How To Find And Deal With Chinese Manufacturers: I have a question, I sent a picture of a unique [product] and they sent back an email saying that they would like to manufacture it and when I said mine they corrected me by stateing ours. is this normal?… Continue Reading
China Non Disclosure Agreements (NDA). Done ALL The Time.
Posted in Basics of China Business Law, Legal NewsJust responded to an email from a client that went something like this: A couple of the potential manufacturers to whom we are showing the NDA you did for us are saying that “we don’t respect” them and that these sorts of agreements are “not done in China” in the _____ industry. Is this true?… Continue Reading
China NNN Agreements. Watching The Sausage Get Made.
Posted in Legal NewsProbably more than any other agreement, there is a conception out there that it is just fine to use an off the shelf NDA Agreement when dealing with China. Wrong…. At least as much as with any other sort of agreement, it is critical to tailor your NNN Agreement (we call our NDA Agreements NNN… Continue Reading
Why Non Disclosures (NDAs) Alone Are Not Enough For China, Part II. At Least Make It Enforceable.
Posted in Basics of China Business Law, Legal NewsThis is part II of our series on what are commonly referred to as non disclosure agreements or NDAs. In Part I, “Why Non Disclosures (NDAs) Alone Are Not Enough For China,” we talked about how many companies are using inadequate, off the shelf American NDAs in China. Those agreements are inadequate for three primary… Continue Reading
Why Non Disclosures (NDAs) Alone Are Not Enough For China.
Posted in Basics of China Business LawThe other day, I did a post on why Non-Disclosure Agreements are so often critical for those doing business with China. Within a few hours of that post, entitled, “China Non Disclosure Agreements (NDA). A Really Good Thing,” my co-blogger, Steve Dickinson, was pointing out how if we were going to talk about non disclosure… Continue Reading
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