Lawyers love to jab at each other, especially when we are friends and operate in different jurisdictions or different practice areas. Recently a litigator friend said to me, “Don’t transactional lawyers just cut and paste? It looks really easy.” I replied, “Don’t litigators just argue about pointless things?” This willful misreading of each other’s skills
You have almost certainly heard by now that there is a massive Chinese spy balloon currently hovering over U.S. airspace in violation of international and U.S. law. Or if you actually believe the CCP, it is merely a weather balloon that went very far off course. 1. China's Spy Balloon Will Worsen China's Relations with
I have recently spoken with many entrepreneurs still growing their businesses in the United States. When I talked with them about their international plans, many were interested in expanding internationally, but lacked a viable roadmap and resources for doing so. As they learned about my expertise in China and greater Asia, our discussions coalesced around
A cease and desist letter can stop IP infringement quickly, but sending one without knowing the facts can lead to an expensive lawsuit. Here's what companies should consider before sending one.
A client yesterday emailed me an article he had saved since 2007 and in his email he remarked how "when it comes to dealing dealing with Chinese businesspeople nothing ever changes." I am not so sure nothing changes, but I am sure that what this article describes about dealing with China has not changed much,
As regular followers of this blog well know, we quite often stress the importance of registering trademarks in China, and the need to do so promptly. See for example China Trademarks: More Useful and More Necessary Than Ever. Today, I want to address some of the questions our China trademark attorneys fairly regularly get about
Make sure you know what your contract says in the language in which a court will be interpreting it. Oh, and having a contract with more than one "official" language almost never makes sense.
Good forum selection clauses make disputes go faster and cost less. A bad forum selection clause can tank your case.
A basic list of law related questions we typically grapple with when assisting e-commerce companies that are starting to sell internationally over the internet.
Most of what we write about frauds involving China are about frauds perpetrated by Chinese companies against foreign companies. But as a reader recently emailed me, frauds perpetrated within foreign companies in China "are at least as common and every bit as damaging." I agree, and today's post highlights six of the most common internal
