Countless foreign software companies wish to deliver their software as a service (SaaS) to China. But since China requires commercial ICP licenses for commercial Internet services within China and generally forbids foreign enterprises from obtaining such licenses, directly providing SaaS through a server in China is typically not possible for foreign software companies. So how can a foreign
I have been writing too much about foreign companies looking to leave China and not enough about foreign companies looking to get into China. For the last few months, the work lives of the international lawyers at my law firm have been tilted towards those looking to leave China, rather than to get into China,
I got an angry email yesterday in response to my having predicted a decline in manufacturing orders from China. The email accused me of “hating China” and wanting “to impede its peaceful” rise and of being “jealous of its progress.” All this because we have lately been writing how many of our law firm’s clients
In the past few months, our China lawyers have been seeing something new and troubling with China licensing agreements. Before I explain, let me step back and give a bit of history. This post is important so please stay with me. In a typical China licensing deal the foreign licensor grants the Chinese licensee the
Not surprisingly, our China lawyers are seeing a massive increase in foreign companies seeking to reduce or eliminate their China ties. Many are seeking to terminate their relationship with their Chinese suppliers and move production elsewhere (so far, it’s been mostly to Vietnam, Taiwan, Poland, Thailand, Mexico, Brazil, India and Malaysia). The other day I
لو أردت أن أعدد العشرة أخطاء الأكبر أو الأكثر شيوعًا التي يلاحظها محامو مكتبنا المتخصصون في الشؤون الصينية، لكان عدم تأسيس فرع في الصين عند الضرورة، وتأسيس فرع فيها دون داعٍ على حد سواء، ضمن تلك القائمة. ونحن نكتب باستمرار عن مخاطر ممارسة الأعمال التجارية في الصين دون وجود فرع. انظر: ممارسة الأعمال التجارية في
With the recent onslaught of tariffs, our international manufacturing lawyers are increasingly drafting manufacturing contracts for Asian countries beyond China. In the last few weeks alone, we’ve drafted manufacturing contracts for Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, and India. We also have seen a noticeable uptick in our Mexico contracts as well. One of the issues our
لا أقصد أن أبدو متشائمًا هنا. فمنذ بداية هذا المدونة تقريبًا، كنا نكتب عن ضرورة إنشاء كيان قانوني صيني إذا كنت تمارس نشاطًا تجاريًا في الصين، سواء كان ذلك في شكل شركة مملوكة بالكامل لأجانب (WFOE) أو مشروع مشترك (JV) أو مكتب تمثيلي (RO). وفي كل مرة تقريبًا، كانت كتاباتنا حول
كل ما يتعلق بالصين يأتي على شكل موجات، و«سرقة» العلامات التجارية الصينية ليست استثناءً. عندما بدأنا هذا المدونة في عام 2006، كنا نتلقى مكالمة كل أسبوع تقريبًا من شخص يرغب في رفع دعوى قضائية ضد شركة صينية تمنع منتجاته من مغادرة الصين. كنا نكره تلك المكالمات لأننا في معظم الأحيان
China manufacturing contracts are very different from Western manufacturing contracts, for reasons which stem from differences in laws or differences in economics. This means our China manufacturing lawyers often must explain why they are doing something in China manufacturing so different from the way the client “always does it” in the West. One of the
