When Business Disputes in China Turn Criminal In the United States and Europe, it is uncommon for a dispute between two businesspeople to become a matter for criminal law enforcement. In China, things work differently. If you are doing business in China, you need to understand two things: The scope of economic crime there is
China Trademark Company Names: What Foreign Brands Must Know Before Filing Why a Chinese Name is Required for Your Trademark Filing in China If you file a trademark in China, you must provide a Chinese-language version of your company name for the application. China’s trademark registry maintains official records in Chinese, so the applicant’s name
Longtime readers of this blog have heard us say it before: register your trademark in China. Yet, we continue to see brands putting it off — and paying the price later when someone else registers the trademark. Don’t Let a Chinese Squatter Steal Your Brand: The Ultimate Guide to China Trademark Registration Your brand is
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Terminating Employees in China: Why It’s So Hard and How to Get It Right Over the past few years, our law firm has been flooded with requests from foreign companies looking to shut down or scale back their China operations. Almost every one of those closures has involved complex China employee terminations, and in nearly
Inside the Trademark Mills: How Foreign Filing Abuses Are Undermining the U.S. Trademark System Earlier today, I received an unsolicited email from a Chinese IP firm—or someone claiming to be one. It’s similar to other messages I’ve received over the years from so-called “firms.” It read as follows: We are __________ Intellectual Property Co., Ltd.,
