A new client of ours from Spain recently sent us an article and asked whether it made “good sense” for both China and Mexico. My response was, “yes, it most certainly does ” The article [link no longer exists] nicely lays out the following “surefire steps to ensure you work with a factory that can
Contents of this Article: Find a Suitable Supplier Clearly Define Your Expected Product Negotiate Reasonable Payment Terms Control Your Product Quality in the Factory Formalize the Process Contact Harris Sliwoski Before Buying Goods From China Met recently with Renaud Anjoran in Shenzhen. Renaud is the founder of Sofeast, a quality assurance firm that assists foreign
I have always thought it a mistake for a company not to have a quality control inspection done of its China products before shipping. The Quality Inspection Blog has a post, How much does an inspection in China cost? that puts the need for QC inspections into focus. The post starts out talking about the
The other day, I did a post, China NNN and NDA Agreements, on why China NNN Agreements are so important for those doing business with China. Within a few hours of that post, one of my law firm’s China lawyers pointed out that if we are going to encourage China NNN Agreements over non disclosure
This latest recession has caused many businesses to look to cut costs by outsourcing their product manufacturing to China. Unfortunately, many of these companies now engaging in outsourcing their manufacturing to China fail to take the legal steps necessary to protect themselves. When problems arise, they can do little or nothing to protect themselves because
A client sent one of my law firm’s international manufacturing lawyers an article and asked if it was accurate. It is and I discuss it below because it should prove helpful to anyone that has its products manufactured overseas, especially in Asia. The article is entitled, “Seven Keys to Quality when Working with Foreign Product
Most of you probably already know more about melamine than you ever expected. Melamine refers to both a chemical and to a resin produced from it. Human ingestion of melamine “may lead to reproductive damage, or bladder or kidney stones, which can lead to bladder cancer.” Unfortunately, its high nitrogen content allows it to mimic
Many years ago, my old law firm brought in a “legal marketing expert” to lead a marketing seminar for the firm. I do not remember a single thing from that session beyond that the expert forced each of us to describe our practice as though we had just been asked to do so by someone
When manufacturing internationally, you should verify everything and have a written contract that documents everything.
NNN Agreements vs. NDA Agreements for China Western-style non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) don’t work for protecting your IP from China. China-specific non-disclosure, non-compete, non-circumvent (NNN) agreements are vastly superior for safeguarding your IP. This post will explain what makes China-specific NNN agreements work so well at protecting IP and when to use them. omeone on our
