Dan Harris, Author at Harris Bricken

Dan Harris

The Eight Core Issues in Forming a China WFOE

China was the largest recipient of FDI in 2020 and for China lawyers that translates into WFOE formations. In Why NOW Is a Good Time to Double Down on Doing Business IN China we essentially predicted this trend. We talked about how companies that manufacture in China are looking to get out (COVID has slowed

Check Your China Registrations

I should have run this post earlier and talked about it as a New Year’s resolution, but it did not occur to me until I learned over the weekend that a Canadian company that thought it had a Chinese trademark didn’t really have that trademark at all. At least once a year, one of our

China Law Blog on Social Media

A lot is happening these days in and with China and around the world. Obviously. Earlier last year, much of our legal work centered around helping our clients deal with the US-China trade war. That truly feels like ages ago, as today, — working remotely — our international lawyers have been consumed with helping companies

How to Succeed with Sourcing Your Products from China

In going through old emails this morning, I came across a gem. It is from a Spanish company that has for around 25 years been successfully sourcing a particular household item for a large number of companies throughout Europe. I had asked the head of this company — the company is based in both China

How to Avoid Problems when Manufacturing Overseas

1. Sorry, But Overseas Factory Problems are Likely YOUR Fault The genesis for this post is an excellent post written by Renaud Anjoran and a series of Linkedin comments on that post. The post is on Renaud’s Quality Inspection Blog and it’s called 28 Common Problems Chinese Suppliers Cause Importers. Renaud is the long-term owner of

How to Protect Your Molds When Manufacturing Overseas

1. Control Your Molds Far too many companies that have their products made overseas wrongly assume they will own the molds and the accompanying IP used to make their products. If you do not pay for your molds upfront and have a contract that both works for the country in which your molds

A Former Expat on China: Grim

1. LaoWhy86 on YouTube Spent the last few days catching up on my China reading and viewing, mostly those articles and videos friends, clients and readers wrote me insisting I read. One of the sites I checked out — at the recommendation of many people — is LaoWhy86 on YouTube. I’m hooked LaoWhy86 is an

China Contract Damages Done Right

This must be China contract damages week. I say that because in cleaning up months of emails I came across three interesting emails on contract damages (similar to liquidated damages under common law). Before I discuss those three emails, I will explain what contract damages are and why they are so important in just about

China, Germany, and “Just One More Thing” Negotiating

1. The “Just One More Thing” Negotiating Tactic For the last six years, China and the EU have been negotiating a new (and massive) investment/trade agreement. This week, at the last minute, China tossed out “one more thing”: the right for Chinese companies to invest as equals in EU nuclear power technology. I learned about

Hong Kong’s Demise and Merry Christmas

Night before Christmas so slow day today, so I will use it as an excuse to reminisce a bit. In August, 2019, in what now seems like an eternity ago, in Hong Kong for International Business: Stick a Fork in It, we were — as far as I know — the first to declare the end