I have to admit that one of the things I love about both China and Russia is that they take various international days seriously, that nobody even knows about in the United States. I suspect that is due to communism and/or its remnants. Anyway, as part of today’s World Intellectual Property Rights Day (how many… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Trade Secrets
Your China NDA Is DOA. Again.
Posted in Legal NewsJust fired off the same email I’ve probably sent at least two dozen times. It was in response to someone who just realized that their Chinese manufacturer or potential manufacturer had used confidential or trade secret information. Here’s the email to me (changed to get rid of any identifiers): I had my Chinese factory sign… Continue Reading
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
The Four Keys To China Trade Secret Protection
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsHad a telephone conversation with a client today (yes I am working today) regarding the steps it should be taking to protect its trade secrets in China. Client is an American company that has been doing business in China for nearly a decade but is “for the first time being forced by its competition to… Continue Reading
How To Protect Your China IP. Don’t Hire Anyone….
Posted in Legal NewsYour enemy won’t do you no harm Cause you’ll know where he’s coming from Don’t let the handshake and the smile fool ya Take my advice I’m only try’ to school ya From the song, “Smiling Faces,” by the Temptations You know how when you buy a new car, you immediately start seeing your same… Continue Reading
Protecting Your Intellectual Property In China, Part I.
Posted in Basics of China Business Law, Legal NewsThis post is part I of what is going to be a multi-part, somewhat irregular series on protecting your IP in China. This part I and tomorrow’s part II, were written by Steve Dickinson, and are based in large part on a talk Steve gave last week in Qingdao. Over the last couple of years,… Continue Reading
The Most Common China Law Issues.
Posted in Basics of China Business Law, China Business, Legal NewsClients, potential clients and the press are always asking me what foreign companies that do business in China need to know to stay out of legal trouble. Next time I get such a question, I will refer them to the list below as it sets out the most common legal issues foreign companies face when… Continue Reading
How To Protect Your China IP. Don’t Go There?
Posted in China Business, Legal NewsYour enemy won’t do you no harm Cause you’ll know where he’s coming from Don’t let the handshake and the smile fool ya Take my advice I’m only try’ to school ya. ”Smiling Faces,” by the Undisputed Truth Must-read article out today in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. The article is entitled, “Apple tries to avoid Motorola’s… 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
Protecting Your IP In China
Posted in Legal NewsAlicia Beverly, Chief IP (intellectual property) strategist with IP Wealth, an Australian company, “based on the Gold Coast in Queensland, [that] specializes in identifying, protecting, managing and monitoring intellectual property assets for clients around Australia and overseas,” wrote a helpful article entitled “Protecting and Enforcing Your IP Rights In China.” The article starts out with… Continue Reading
Nike On China IP Protection: Just Do It With Green Tea
Posted in Legal NewsLast week I attended the United State’s Patent and Trademark Office‘s two-day conference on “Protecting Your Intellectual Property In China and The Global Marketplace.“ China Law Blog’s own Steve Dickinson was asked to speak there on how to protect your trademarks and trade secrets while doing business in China, but work commitments prevented him from… Continue Reading
Take Your Brain With You, Or How NOT to Handle Your Chinese Legal Matters
Posted in Legal NewsThere is an expression applied to those who do something particularly unwise in China: “checking one’s brain at the gate.” I got a call the other day from an American who told me he was owed more than $250,000 by someone in China. The American told me he had given this person in China the… Continue Reading
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