Artwork can cross borders faster than the legal protections behind it. This guide explains how artists can protect ownership, control overseas production, register key rights, safeguard their names, and respond when galleries, manufacturers, licensees, or counterfeiters misuse their work.
China adopted a revised Trademark Law on June 26, 2026. The new law will take effect on January 1, 2027. Much of the commentary surrounding the revised law has focused on the statutory changes themselves. Foreign companies, however, should focus on what they need to do differently before the law takes effect. The fundamentals remain
Sinosure Claims: Protect First, Negotiate Later (If You Must) Our firm has handled more than 100 Sinosure matters. In none of them has Sinosure reduced the principal amount it demanded. Not once, not ever, not by one dollar. I lead with this because foreign companies almost always ask us the same first question: Can we
International Distribution Agreements: Beware the Eager Distributor In one matter my law firm handled, a manufacturer of industrial coatings signed an exclusive Southeast Asia distribution agreement with a distributor that looked ideal. It had regional warehousing, relevant sales experience, and a management team that sounded sophisticated from the first call. Eighteen months later, the manufacturer
Foreign Contractors and Distributors: Frequently Asked Questions Yesterday’s post explained why the overseas sales shortcut so often backfires: a company calls someone a contractor, agent, or distributor, but the relationship underneath does not match the label. This FAQ builds on that post. It answers the questions we most often hear from companies selling abroad without
Foreign Contractors and Distributors: The International Sales Shortcut That Often Backfires Many companies want foreign sales without a foreign footprint: no subsidiary, no payroll, no local employees, no leased office, no permanent commitment. That can be a sensible way to test a market. But for many businesses, that first move into international sales is also
If your products are made in China and exported from there, your trademarks are already exposed. For many companies, the real risk is not selling in China. It is someone else registering the mark first and using that registration to disrupt manufacturing or exports.
商标抢注者正蜂拥而至，瞄准您的供应链 多年来，商标抢注者一直遵循着大同小异的套路。他们会物色那些尚未在中国、美国或其他主要市场注册商标的外国品牌，随后抢先提交申请并静候其变。最终，合法的品牌所有者会
在您的中国工厂尚未察觉您即将撤离，且您在新国家的计划尚未被外界知晓之前，您的谈判筹码通常最为有利。这一时机窗口不会持续太久。一旦窗口关闭，补救商标缺口、解决模具问题以及处理不良合同等事宜，不仅会变得更加缓慢、成本更高，而且难度也会大幅增加。有时这不仅会让撤离过程更加艰难，甚至可能导致撤离计划彻底失败。
开展国际业务：为何您的国际律师也应处理您的国内事务 有时，您确实需要当地的专家。比如熟悉俄勒冈州产权问题的房地产律师、纽约的税务律师，或是加利福尼亚州的劳动诉讼律师。某些法律事务具有地域性，若对此视而不见，便是错误的。但是
