Okay, maybe not spectacular. But definitely real. An article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, How a Plague on the Movie and Music Industries Became Their Chief Protector in China sums up the change happening with China IP protection and enforcement: Chinese search giant Baidu Inc. was once a scourge of Hollywood and the U.S. music
An article from CBCNews, B.C. winery owners facing life in Chinese prison for smuggling, shows how risky it can be to get on the wrong side of China’s customs service. The article is on a Canadian couple facing a long jail term in China for allegedly underreporting the value of the British Columbia wine they
A German lawyer, representing a German company owed lots of money by a Chinese citizen, wrote me last week to discuss retaining my law firm to help the company collect on its debt by seizing U.S and Canada real property held by the Chinese citizen. This lawyer was coming to me because he had liked
As a general rule, the creator of an original work (e.g., a song, movie, or video game) owns the copyright in that work. This is true in the United States and China, and in most every other country in the world. The main exception to the general rule is for “works for hire,” which are
My law firm’s international licensing lawyers have been writing a slew of China technology licensing agreements lately. These deals usually come to us as China licensing deals. Sometimes they come to us as putative joint ventures, but after we explain the difficulties and costs in doing a joint venture, our clients seek to restructure their
La nueva Ley de Ciberseguridad de China entrará en vigor el 1 de junio de 2017. Además de centrarse en la ciberseguridad, la ley también detalla cómo deben gestionar las empresas la información y los datos personales. A la hora de determinar qué está permitido y qué no en materia de tratamiento de datos personales en China, es importante examinar la Decisión sobre el refuerzo de la protección de la información en las redes (2012) y las Directrices.
In Netflix finally finds a way into China, CNN’s Sherisse Pham explains how “six months after admitting defeat in its bid to crack China, Netflix has found a way to tap into the vast market.” For years, Netflix was trying to set itself up in China. For years, Netflix was trying to set itself up
Law students and recent law school graduates are always contacting our China lawyers to ask what they should do to become international lawyers focused on China law. My advice is usually a somewhat rambling dissertation on the need to build a solid legal foundation while constantly working to improve your foreign language skills. I then
Es habitual que los empleadores chinos envíen una carta de oferta a los posibles empleados expatriados en la que se indique la intención del empleador de establecer una relación laboral con dicho empleado. Una carta de oferta suele ser un documento de 1 o 2 páginas en el que se propone el cargo, las responsabilidades y funciones del empleado, el lugar de trabajo, el salario, las prestaciones sociales y
Muchas empresas que operan en China esperan que sus empleados con sede en China trabajen horas extras siempre que sea necesario para «cumplir con el trabajo». Aunque imponer este tipo de horarios de trabajo puede tener sentido en sus países de origen, esta mentalidad entra en conflicto con las leyes chinas. La situación empeora aún más en China cuando el empleador tiene la intención de sancionar o despedir a un empleado.
