If you are going to manufacture your products in Asia, you need to register your brand name and your logo as a trademark in whatever Asian country you are doing your manufacturing. And as we have been saying for years and years, there are no ifs ands or buts about this. But in addition to the
1. Selling Your Products on Chinese E-Commerce Sites With China accounting for half of the e-commerce transactions in the world, non-Chinese companies are enjoying some of the spoils. According to Alibaba, U.S. companies sold $5.4 billion in goods on its sites during the recent Singles’ Day shopathon. This success is partly due to Alibaba’s own
George Santayana once said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”? Although the line was not about Chinese trademark law, it might as well have been. We have been beating the drum for years about registering trademarks in China (see here and here for a representative sample), but every time I start
حضرتُ أمس ندوة عبر الإنترنت نظمتها مكتب براءات الاختراع والعلامات التجارية الأمريكي (USPTO) بعنوان «كيف يمكن للحكومة الأمريكية مساعدة الشركات على حماية حقوق الملكية الفكرية الخاصة بها وإنفاذها في الصين». كانت الندوة مفيدة للغاية، وأشجع بشدة أي شخص مهتم بحماية حقوق الملكية الفكرية في الصين على حضور الندوات القادمة. علاوة على ذلك، أعادت الندوة إلى ذهني ذكريات الفترة التي قضيتها في العمل بالحكومة لمساعدة الشركات الأمريكية على حماية
Virtually every has intellectual property requiring protection. Let’s first get clear what we mean by “intellectual property.” IP is not patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc. These are simply tools for protecting intellectual property. So what is intellectual property? A better term might be intangible property or intangible assets. This includes everything about your business that has
Learn why registering your trademark in China is essential even for manufacturing-only operations. Discover how to navigate CNIPA rejections and protect your brand from squatters.
Our international IP lawyers love lists and the below is a list of the 12 things we most often recommend regarding China trademarks to our clients that do business in China and have at least one brand they care about. Most of these items apply with equal force to most other countries as well. 1.
1. On the Importance of China Trademark Registrations If you are doing business in or with China you should give serious thought to registering your trademarks in China. In particular, you should consider a China trademark registration for your trade-name, your logo and your service marks. Brand identity is critical for success in China (as
With companies falling all over themselves to move their manufacturing out of China to reduce their risks (and their tariffs), my law firm’s international manufacturing lawyers are not only hearing from many companies wanting to leave China, but from many companies in big trouble for not having properly engineered their leaving China. In The Single
عندما يتصل أحدهم بمحامينا الدوليين لـ«صياغة عقد»، فإننا عادةً ما نحتاج أولاً إلى تحديد ما إذا كان الوقت قد حان لصياغة العقد أم لا. على سبيل المثال، إذا أراد أحد العملاء أن نقوم بصياغة اتفاقية تصنيع المعدات الأصلية (OEM) لتصنيع منتجاته من قبل الشركة «أ»، فلا فائدة من أن نبدأ في
