A basic list of law related questions we typically grapple with when assisting e-commerce companies that are starting to sell internationally over the internet.
In What Does a Re-Opened China (Without Quarantine) Mean for Foreign Business? Renaud Anjoran of Sofeast Group looks at what China’s “COVID re-opening” will mean for foreign businesses. Let me begin by saying that I count Renaud among the group of people I consider most qualified to answer a question like this. I say this
La mayor parte de lo que escribimos sobre fraudes relacionados con China se refiere a fraudes cometidos por empresas chinas contra empresas extranjeras. Sin embargo, tal y como me señaló recientemente un lector en un correo electrónico, los fraudes cometidos dentro de empresas extranjeras en China «son al menos igual de habituales y no menos perjudiciales». Estoy de acuerdo, y en la entrada de hoy destaco seis de los fraudes internos más comunes
I love when blog posts come pre-written. In cleaning out old emails today I found one from one of my law firm’s international dispute resolution lawyers to a Canadian client’s in-house lawyer who had proposed writing a contract that would give the client the choice of suing its Chinese counter-party in either Canada or China.
No need to pay your Chinese creditors because they rarely will do anything about it.
One of our oldest and most cherished traditions is to write about China scams at the end of every year. We do this because history shows this is the biggest month for them. Scammers increase their activities at the end of the year, hoping to be less noticed/less examined due to the usual end of
Las marcas «verdes» se están topando con obstáculos en China. Prácticamente todas las solicitudes de registro de marcas que incluyen la palabra «verde» están siendo rechazadas. Se rumorea que la culpa la tienen las preocupaciones por el «greenwashing», aunque, dada la opacidad del proceso de solicitud, esto no se puede confirmar. El «greenwashing» es la «práctica de hacer afirmaciones injustificadas
El Tribunal Supremo de los Estados Unidos ha aceptado examinar un caso de infracción de marca registrada en virtud de la Ley Lanham que tiene enormes implicaciones para los fabricantes y vendedores de productos con sede fuera de los Estados Unidos. El caso es Hetronic International, Inc. contra Hetronic Germany GMBH y otros. El caso tiene su origen en una sentencia de 114 millones de dólares a favor de una empresa industrial
Crypto trademarks are a no-go in China. In line with the country’s prohibitions on cryptocurrencies, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) will not register trademarks that describe crypto goods and/or services. Brands in the crypto space must be mindful of this reality when crafting brand and intellectual property rights protection strategies for China. China
Mexico is about to be transformed into a major commercial & manufacturing center – but it’s not trying to be the “factory of the world” and it never will be. If you manufacture products for the US market (or supply companies that do), Mexico will play a bigger role in your business decisions. If you are in certain high-tech sectors, or rely heavily on OEM or contract manufacturing, Mexico may present more challenges than benefits
