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By Dan Harris and Steve Dickinson

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International Dispute Resolution Clauses: Context is Everything

Posted on November 04, 2020
1. International Dispute Resolution Clauses Every month or so, a lawyer will write me out of the blue with a “quick question” about a draft contract. One of the most common “quick questions” we get are those asking us to “confirm” that some particular court or arbitration body would make the most sense for such...


China Contracts, But with Whom?

Posted on November 03, 2020
One of the most important things to do before entering into a contract with a Chinese company is to make sure you are contracting with the right company. The right company is usually the company with sufficient financial resources to cover you if and when things go bad...


China Trademarks: Do You Want it Right or on the Cheap?

Posted on November 02, 2020
I often get emails from people asking what my law firm charges for registering trademarks in China and I always respond by quoting our rate for a trademark analysis and stating that we will not “just” register their trademark in the category they tell us...


International Manufacturing Contracts: Perfection Should Cost Less

Posted on November 01, 2020
  1. The Perfect International Manufacturing Contract My law firm generally uses flat fee billing for international manufacturing agreements. We have done so many of these that we pretty much know the range of time one of these will take, even allowing for the required customization and the normal back and forth negotiating that will...


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Free Webinar! November 19th ? Investing and Doing Business in Spain: A Legal Perspective

Posted on October 31, 2020
Looking to invest in Spain? Come listen to our legal experts discuss Spain’s business landscape! Register HERE today! Join Harris Bricken, in partnership with our affiliated Spain law firm, Monereo Meyer Abogados and The International Trade Association of Greater Chicago, for a FREE webinar on Thursday, November 19th,...


Global Law and Business Podcast ? Alberto Predieri (Italy)

Posted on October 30, 2020
Listen HERE or stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or Soundcloud! The large-scale shift to telework brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting businesses around the world to explore new avenues to engage with clients and friends...


China Contracts: Worth Every Dollar You?d Rather Not Pay

Posted on October 29, 2020
Paying lawyers can seem expensive, even if they are only mediocre lawyers. But good lawyers can often save you money because they can save you from your own mistakes. They do that by having both the experience and gravitas to teach you from others? mistakes...


International Product Sourcing Consultants and the Liabilities THEY Face

Posted on October 28, 2020
Our international lawyers often work with many really experienced and really good international product sourcing consultants. These consultants are usually really good for the following reasons: They know the ins and outs of what it takes to succeed in buying products from foreign countries...


International Trade in the 2020 Elections ? Meh

Posted on October 27, 2020
Election Day is around the corner and ballots are already being cast.  Unlike 2016, when candidate Trump made international trade one of his top campaign issues, trade in this election cycle has rarely been only mentioned.  Perhaps if we didn?t have a coronavirus pandemic and outrage over racial and social injustice, trade might have been...


China Unreliable Entity Regulations

Posted on October 26, 2020
On September 19, China?s Ministry of Commerce (?MOFCOM?) issued the Regulations on Unreliable Entity List (?Regulations?), which took effect on the same date. Though we have not seen an actual list of unreliable entities, the Regulations set out the general principles for the Unreliable Entity List (UEL) system...


Proprietary Product Purchases

Posted on October 25, 2020
Purchasing proprietary products raises contracting issues not fully understood by many foreign buyers. In the old days, the typical overseas product purchase was for something like a simple white t-shirt. This t-shirt would have a number of specifications: sizes, fabric material, fabric color, thread count, neck size, ornament, label placement and label content...


Free Webinar! November 19th ? Investing and Doing Business in Spain: A Legal Perspective

Posted on October 25, 2020
Looking to invest in Spain? Come listen to our legal experts discuss Spain’s business landscape! Register HERE today! Join Harris Bricken, in partnership with our affiliated Spain law firm, Monereo Meyer Abogados and The International Trade Association of Greater Chicago, for a FREE webinar on Thursday, November 19th...


China Commercial Leases: Watching the Sausage Get Made

Posted on October 24, 2020
My law firm was called on to review a commercial lease for one of our regular clients. This client had been working with a local Chinese attorney on the lease but began to suspect this attorney had been “bought out” by the wealthy landlord, so they wanted us to “double-check to make sure everything was...


Global Law and Business Podcast ? Sonu Ratra (International Impact of Women)

Posted on October 23, 2020
Listen HERE or stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or Soundcloud! The large-scale shift to telework brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting businesses around the world to explore new avenues to engage with clients and friends...


What to do When U.S. Customs is Coming After You

Posted on October 22, 2020
Years ago, in Importing Goods From China: The Risks Are Rising, I wrote about how companies can recognize impending antidumping (AD) or countervailing duty (CVD) petitions. In this post I address what you as an importer, exporter or foreign producer should do if you see an AD/CVD storm looming...


Beware of China Lawyers

Posted on October 21, 2020
Yesterday I attended a USPTO webinar, How the U.S. government can help companies protect and enforce their IP in China. It was informative and I highly encourage anyone interested in IP protection in China to attend future webinars. Moreover, it brought back memories of my own stint in the government helping American companies protect their...


Drafting International Contracts That Work

Posted on October 20, 2020
Got the following email from a reader curious as to how my law firm’s China lawyers draft contracts for China: Can I ask about the wording of your law firm’s agreements in Chinese. I am a translator helping a U.S. company on its contracts and — to put it mildly — things are not going...


Tariff Exclusions Still Available, But There?s a Catch

Posted on October 19, 2020
Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce approved our request to exclude a client’s steel imports from the Section 232 tariff. This exclusion will translate into 25% savings for our client when importing the steel products subject to the exclusion...


China Employee Dispatch and IP Protection

Posted on October 18, 2020
China places many restrictions on hiring employees using employee dispatch companies (a/k/a third party hiring agencies) and there are a number of legal issues foreign companies that go this route should consider, and IP is one of the them. Normally, the way this system works is the foreign company and the employee dispatch company sign...


IP Protection in Emerging Markets: The Extreme Basics

Posted on October 17, 2020
11 Virtually every has intellectual property requiring protection. Let’s first get clear what we mean by ?intellectual property.? IP is not patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc. These are simply tools for protecting intellectual property. So what is intellectual property? A better term might be intangible property or intangible assets...


Global Law and Business Podcast ? Andrea Holtan (International Trade)

Posted on October 16, 2020
Listen HERE or stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or Soundcloud! The large-scale shift to telework brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting businesses around the world to explore new avenues to engage with clients and friends...


China Fired, Puerto Rico Hired

Posted on October 15, 2020
Recently I had the opportunity to talk with Luis Alemañy, a Puerto Rican entrepreneur whose company, SJT Manufacturing, provides a real-life example of the opportunities present in Puerto Rico for companies looking to bring parts of their supply chains closer to North and/or Latin America...


China Cyber-Insecurity: What Can You Do?

Posted on October 14, 2020
This is my wrap up to my series on China cybersecurity, stemming from the recent webinar at which I discussed cybersecurity in China. To watch that webinar, go here. To read part 1 of this series, go here. Part 1 described the cybersecurity situation in China...


China Cybersecurity: No Place to Hide, Part 3

Posted on October 13, 2020
This is the third in a four-part series on China cybersecurity. This series stems from the recent webinar at which I discussed cybersecurity in China. To watch that webinar, go here. To read part 1 of this series, go here. Part 1 described the cybersecurity situation in China...


China Cybersecurity: No Place to Hide, Part 2

Posted on October 12, 2020
This is the second in a multi-part series on China cybersecurity. This series stems from the recent webinar at which I discussed cybersecurity in China. To watch that webinar, go here. To read part 1 of this series, go here. Part 1 described the cybersecurity situation in China...


China Cybersecurity: No Place to Hide

Posted on October 11, 2020
This is the first in what will be a multi-part series on China cybersecurity. This series stems from the recent webinar at which Steve Dickinson discussed cybersecurity in China. To watch that webinar, go here. I. Cybersecurity with Chinese Characteristics: The Party is the leader of everything...


Global Law and Business Podcast ? Mark McLawhorn (Hong Kong and South Carolina)

Posted on October 09, 2020
Listen HERE or stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or Soundcloud! The large-scale shift to telework brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting businesses around the world to explore new avenues to engage with clients and friends...


China Distribution Agreements: The Additional Questions We Ask

Posted on October 08, 2020
In China Distribution Contracts: The Questions We Ask, we wrote about some of the initial questions we ask our clients for whom we are drafting China distribution contracts. That post started out discussing how forming and then operating a China WFOE is difficult and expensive — see Forming a China WFOE: Ten Things To Consider...


China Trademarks: The De Facto Public Domain Mark

Posted on October 07, 2020
One of the less endearing featuresof the Chinese trademark system is that the Chinese Trademark Office (CTMO) and the Chinese court system have different standards for what makes one trademark ?confusingly similar? to another, which is the statutory basis for determining whether one trademark conflicts with another...


Do You Have a China Company? Are You Sure?

Posted on October 06, 2020
One of the things my law firm’s China lawyers are always saying and seeing is how China is constantly getting more legalistic, especially with foreign companies doing business in China. I used to believe this would lead foreign companies to become more careful, but this has not happened...


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