International Law

Obama Bitter Over China Trade
Barack Obama, the US Democratic presidential hopeful, has warned China that if elected he could restrict access to US markets if Beijing does not stop manipulating the value of its currency...

WTO Issues Final Decision On US-China Copyright Dispute
By Kaitlin Mara and William New China has been found in violation of two of its responsibilities under international rules on trade and intellectual property, and in partial violation of one more, said a World Trade Organization panel report on the US-China dispute over copyright and customs matters released Monday...

Naturalized U.S. Citizen Caught Allegedly Attempting to Give Trade Secrets to China
Who says random airport searches don’t work? United States customs officials discovered that Hanjuan Jin, 37, a China-born U.S. citizen, was allegedly trying to leak confidential trade secrets from her former U...

Pirates Hyjacked Robbed and Stole Everything...and still managed to go bankrupt.
i encountered the greatest case name ever yesterday:Pirates Hyjacked Robbed and Stole Everything, Inc. v.State Fair Park Exposition Center, 318 B.R. 502 (Bankr. W.D.Wis. 2004).now, when you read that, what do you think is going on? i don't know about you, but after reading the caption i immediately assumed that the contract with the convention center was for some kind of geeky convention, maybe cosplay or LARPing...

Sticky China Operations
Rich posted this thoughtful reminder about globalization and its limitations last week: Now that everyone has come off their China high, and it seems like an endless stream of editorials about China’s days being over, I think it is time to ask a critical question...

China Pledges WTO Copyright, Trademark Cooperation
It's no surprise that China is home to a flourishing black market for U.S. trademarked and copyrighted goods. What's surprising, though, is China's calm response Tuesday to a World Trade Organization report (...

Trade and Sovereignty bleg:
I am starting work on a paper on Taiwan/China trade issues. Do readers have suggestions for good books or articles on ways in which trade does/doesn't affect political sovereignty? I'm not...

Fiat Apologizes to China Over TV Ad
Someone should win a Darwin Award for this ad campaign: Italian car maker Fiat has apologized to China over its new television commercial featuring U.S. actor Richard Gere and a reference to Tibet after Chinese newspapers carried reports about it...

$600 Million in Trade Secrets Stopped From Getting to China
Very interesting article.  Apparently, a former software engineer for a telecomm company based near Chicago was indicted based on a random search of her luggage, prior to travel to China, which revealed trade secret information worth $600 million...

Trade Secrets
Former execs are hit with doctrine of inevitable disclosure.

China Green Agriculture, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
China Green Agriculture, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Infant Formula From China
FDA Warns it May be Contaminated Melamine

BPA
New Study Shows Link to Diabetes and Heart Disease

Operating Room Fires
Hundreds Injured During Surgery, New Report Shows

Trade Secrets
Razorsight agreed to pay $4.5 million settlement in infringement lawsuit.

Newspaper Publisher
Star Tribune must pay St. Paul Pioneer Press a $3.8 million trade secrets act violations settlement.