Constituir una WFOE en China y luego gestionar esa empresa en el país resulta complicado y costoso. Véase, por ejemplo, «Constituir una WFOE en China: diez aspectos a tener en cuenta», y véase también «Hacer negocios en China sin una WFOE: que se levante el acusado», donde se explica por qué es imprescindible contar con una WFOE si se va a hacer negocios
Las búsquedas de marcas previas a la solicitud y las notificaciones posteriores a la solicitud de la Oficina de Marcas de China (CTMO) revelan cada vez con mayor frecuencia conflictos con registros de marcas existentes y solicitudes de marcas pendientes. Dado el gran número de marcas que se registran en China, esto no es de extrañar. Sin embargo, un conflicto señalado, ya sea en una búsqueda o por parte del examinador de la CTMO, no es necesariamente el
Smart Chinese manufacturers know that with their costs rising, they need to be able to distinguish themselves from their peers. One of the ways they are choosing to do this (even more frequently than in the past) is by copying and selling products they are making for their foreign customers. See Your China Factory as
Spring is coming to an end, but it’s not too late to conduct a little spring cleaning. First on the list: get your IP in order and register your trademarks in China. The following are 8 reasons to do so. 1. Because you are having branded goods manufactured in China, and you don’t want them
American and European companies that have their consumer products made in China regularly must contend counterfeits of their products showing up on Amazon. My law firm’s international IP lawyers frequently get inquiries from companies that sell their products on Amazon and have seen their sales plunge because they are having to compete with duplicate/counterfeit products
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
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
Our China lawyers regularly receive inquiries from companies (and other lawyers) asking if an email they have received from China is legit. The email usually goes something like this: Dear [owner of US trademark]: According to our trademark research team, the following mark has been published in the Chinese Trademark Gazette on [date]. We note
One common mistake U.S. companies make is failing to understand that patents and trademarks are territorial.* That is, these forms of intellectual property provide protection only in the country in which they were registered. If a U.S. company has not registered its patents and trademarks in China, a Chinese company is free to make use
With Amazon and Ebay having increased their efforts at bringing in Chinese sellers and with Chinese manufacturers branching out and making their own products, the number of companies contacting our international intellectual property lawyers about problems with counterfeit products and knockoffs has soared. If the problem involves infringing products being imported into the United States,
