If you are going to manufacture your products in Asia, you need to register your brand name and your logo as a trademark in whatever Asian country you are doing your manufacturing. And as we have been saying for years and years, there are no ifs ands or buts about this. But in addition to the
1. Selling Your Products on Chinese E-Commerce Sites With China accounting for half of the e-commerce transactions in the world, non-Chinese companies are enjoying some of the spoils. According to Alibaba, U.S. companies sold $5.4 billion in goods on its sites during the recent Singles’ Day shopathon. This success is partly due to Alibaba’s own
George Santayana once said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”? Although the line was not about Chinese trademark law, it might as well have been. We have been beating the drum for years about registering trademarks in China (see here and here for a representative sample), but every time I start
Ayer asistí a un seminario web de la USPTO titulado «Cómo puede el Gobierno de EE. UU. ayudar a las empresas a proteger y hacer valer sus derechos de propiedad intelectual en China». Resultó muy instructivo y recomiendo encarecidamente a cualquiera que esté interesado en la protección de la propiedad intelectual en China que asista a futuros seminarios web. Además, me trajo recuerdos de mi propia etapa en la administración pública, cuando ayudaba a las empresas estadounidenses a proteger sus
Prácticamente todo el mundo tiene propiedad intelectual que requiere protección. Aclaremos primero qué entendemos por «propiedad intelectual». La propiedad intelectual no se limita a las patentes, las marcas registradas, los derechos de autor, etc. Estos son simplemente instrumentos para proteger la propiedad intelectual. Entonces, ¿qué es la propiedad intelectual? Quizá un término más adecuado sería «propiedad intangible» o «activos intangibles». Esto incluye todo lo relacionado con tu negocio que tiene
Learn why registering your trademark in China is essential even for manufacturing-only operations. Discover how to navigate CNIPA rejections and protect your brand from squatters.
Our international IP lawyers love lists and the below is a list of the 12 things we most often recommend regarding China trademarks to our clients that do business in China and have at least one brand they care about. Most of these items apply with equal force to most other countries as well. 1.
1. On the Importance of China Trademark Registrations If you are doing business in or with China you should give serious thought to registering your trademarks in China. In particular, you should consider a China trademark registration for your trade-name, your logo and your service marks. Brand identity is critical for success in China (as
With companies falling all over themselves to move their manufacturing out of China to reduce their risks (and their tariffs), my law firm’s international manufacturing lawyers are not only hearing from many companies wanting to leave China, but from many companies in big trouble for not having properly engineered their leaving China. In The Single
Cuando se contacta con uno de nuestros abogados especializados en derecho internacional para «redactar un contrato», normalmente primero debemos determinar si es el momento adecuado para hacerlo o no. Por ejemplo, si un cliente quiere que redactemos un acuerdo de fabricación por encargo (OEM) para que la empresa A fabrique sus productos, no tiene sentido que empecemos a
