China Law Blog

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Published: October 28, 2026

Selling Products in China: The Legal and Distribution Guide

Selling products in China can be profitable, but choosing the wrong distributor, failing to register your trademarks, or signing a poorly drafted agreement can be costly. Drawing on decades of experience and real client matters, our China lawyers explain how foreign companies can enter the Chinese market, protect their intellectual property, navigate import regulations, negotiate enforceable distribution agreements, and avoid common mistakes.

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Published: October 26, 2026

How to Buy IP Legal Services: What You Need and What You Don’t

Businesses often spend thousands protecting intellectual property they barely need while leaving their most valuable assets exposed. Drawing on decades of international legal experience and real client cases, we explain which IP legal services are worth buying, which are not, how to choose the right lawyer, and how to avoid expensive mistakes

Published: October 25, 2026 Last Modified: October 25, 2026

China Domain Name and Trademark Scam Emails

Received an email warning that someone in China is registering your company name as a domain or trademark? Many are scams, but some trademark warnings involve genuine applications and deadlines. Learn how to check the claims, recognize misleading solicitations, and decide whether your business needs protection.

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Published: October 17, 2026 Last Modified: October 17, 2026

Moving Manufacturing From China to Mexico

Moving manufacturing from China to Mexico offers real advantages, but getting it right takes careful planning. This guide covers tariffs and USMCA rules, manufacturing costs, Mexican labor laws, shelter companies, IP protection, and how to leave China without putting your business at risk.

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Published: October 14, 2026

How to Protect Your IP in China: Answers to the Questions Foreign Companies Ask Most

Protecting IP in China works best before your manufacturer has your designs, molds, brand, or technology. This guide answers the China IP questions foreign companies ask us most often, from NNN Agreements and manufacturing contracts to trademarks, molds, design patents, distributors, employees, and what to do after something has already gone wrong.

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Published: October 6, 2026

When AI Tells You What Legal Work You Need

AI is changing how clients approach lawyers. Increasingly, they arrive with a detailed legal plan already in hand. The problem is that even accurate AI-generated advice can be wrong for the business asking the question. Good legal advice starts by asking why.

Published: October 4, 2026 Last Modified: October 26, 2026

How to Sue a Chinese Company

How to Sue a Chinese Company. Choosing between litigating or arbitrating in your home country or litigating or arbitrating in China. This article arms you with the information you need to decide whether and how to sue a Chinese Company and it will help you with your litigation and arbitration strategies if you sue in a Chinese or a foreign court or if you pursue arbitration in China or outside China.

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Published: September 15, 2026 Last Modified: October 1, 2026

Your AI-Drafted China Contract Says It Needs a Lawyer. Listen to It.

AI can produce a polished China contract while leaving its most important and complicated terms blank. Governing law, forum, language, service, and enforcement decide whether a company can stop a Chinese factory, recover its tooling, or reach assets after the deal goes bad.

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Published: September 11, 2026

Forensic Accountants in China Business Litigation: How True Numbers Can Tell the Wrong Story

Forensic Accountants and Damages Experts Can Shape the Outcomes of China Business Litigation. Choose wisely.

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Published: September 4, 2026 Last Modified: October 1, 2026

China NNN Agreement or Trademark Registration? Usually Both

A China trademark registration and an NNN Agreement protect different assets against different parties. Most branded manufacturing projects need both, but each has its own deadline.