Due diligence is an investigation of a business or person prior to entering a contract. It often involves a comprehensive appraisal to establish assets and liabilities or to evaluate commercial potential. Though due diligence is important anywhere, it is especially important when dealing with companies in countries where things are often not what they seem and where the legal system is less than ideal.
In this post, we explain what Sinosure is, how Sinosure works, what causes Sinosure to put foreign companies in its crosshairs, why Sinosure is so dangerous, and, how to fight back and win against it.
Bad manufacturing contracts lead to bad products. Nearly all companies that have product problems would have avoided those problems had they used a good contract or done their due diligence on their product supplier before paying. In this post, we explain how best to avoid these common mistakes.
China's trademark office permits for the trademark registration of colors. However, though you can register a China trademark for a color combination, single color trademarks are not allowed. It is also required for China trademark registration that your color combination be distinctive. It is also important that you remember that China is a "fist to file" trademark country so if you want to register your color combination as a China trademark you must be sure to seek that registration first, before anyone else does.
How to Succeed in Doing Business in China and with China. The New Paradigm is the Old Paradigm.
If you do not use your China trademark in commerce for three years, you are at risk of losing it forever
China trademarks and logos and picking your Chinese brand name. It's different there. Very.
Chinese courts are using anti-suit injunctions to exert tremendous power over foreign companies.
China trademark protections just keep getting better
China company due diligence is needed now more than ever.
