At least once a month, an American or sometimes a British company will come to one of our China attorneys after having spent considerable time negotiating a complex transaction with a Chinese company. They then show us a Letter of Intent (LOI) or a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that sets out in great detail the
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Avoid China contract problems with the proper company chop or seal.
Our international IP lawyers do a lot of work for clients seeking to remove listings of counterfeit goods from Chinese e-commerce sites. Most of these listings are for obviously, sometimes extravagantly counterfeit merchandise, offered in vast quantities at far-below retail prices, with pictures either lifted from the real manufacturer’s website or showing products of dubious quality,
Mexico shelter manufacturing makes good sense for companies looking to reduce their manufacturing dependency on China and thereby reduce their tariff costs, their shipping costs, and their overall risks.
I am not a big fan of filing Madrid Protocol applications for China. In certain situations, they can work well, but when they don’t work (which is fairly often) the trademark registration process takes longer and costs more than just filing a national application. See China Trademarks. Register Them In China Not Madrid. Filing a
China's regulations for foreign company SaaS (Software as a Service) Companies is complicated and harsh. This article explains what foreign SaaS companies must do to succeed in China.
What is required to move your manufacturing from China to Mexico, using shelter manufacturing
When registering your trademark in China, it is important you choose your China trademark classes wisely and not choose to register in too many or in too few China trademark classes.
China does not require proof of use to register or renew a trademark, but that does not make use irrelevant. Once a registration becomes vulnerable to non-use cancellation—or you need to enforce it—the quality of your evidence can determine whether the trademark is worth much at all.
