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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 Product Development: Manufacturing Rights are Key

Our international manufacturing lawyers are always being asked how to structure product development relationships with Chinese companies so the foreign buyer company actually ends up with the rights to the product that gets developed. This post addresses that issue. The key is to focus on manufacturing rights, rather than on intellectual property rights, especially when

Global Law and Business Podcast – Nadia Lazareva (Hong Kong and Banking)

Listen HERE or stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Amazon Music, 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. Harris Bricken is no exception, and we are happy to provide this podcast series: Global Law and Business, hosted by international

China Employer Audits and Signed Employment Agreements

No foreign employer is too small for China’s employment law regulators and in some respects the smaller you are, the greater your risks. I say this because when a company with 5,000 employees has a problem with five employees, it’s not that big a deal, but when a five-employee company has a problem with two

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

Antidumping and countervailing duties international trade lawyers

New AD/ CVD Petition –Pentafluoroethane (“R-125”) from China

On January 12, 2021, Honeywell International Inc. filed antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petitions against U.S. imports of pentafluoroethane (“R-125”) from China. This is just the latest in a long series of AD/CVD cases that have targeted various hydrofluorcarbon (HFC) gases that are largely used as refrigerants in refrigerators and air conditioners. This case

China employee termination because of the economy

China Employee Terminations when Economic Circumstances Change

Terminating a China-based employee usually requires good cause. A serious breach of employer rules and regulations can be a basis for an employer’s unilateral termination of an employee, but China employers have other options as well. A China-based employer may terminate an employment contract if the economic circumstances which formed the basis for the parties signing the

Forced Labor in China: More Import Bans, But Does It Matter?

On January 3, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced a ban on cotton products and tomato products produced in Xinjiang, based on information “that reasonably indicates the use of detainee or prison labor and situations of forced labor.” This does not come as a surprise: We warned about such a ban on cotton in

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

China Manufacturing and Product Type Chaos

In the old days, purchasing products from China was relatively simple. The product was a basic “off the shelf’ product, such as white t-shirts, underwear, medical gauze, rubber gloves, tableware and similar. For that reason, specifications were set based on an internationally accepted standard. Neither party set the standards; the standards were set by the

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China Employer Audits and Signed Employment Agreements

China Law Blog on Social Media

New AD/ CVD Petition –Pentafluoroethane (“R-125”) from China

China Employee Terminations when Economic Circumstances Change

Forced Labor in China: More Import Bans, But Does It Matter?

How to Succeed with Sourcing Your Products from China

China Manufacturing and Product Type Chaos

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Check Your China Registrations

China Product Development: Manufacturing Rights are Key

Global Law and Business Podcast – Nadia Lazareva (Hong Kong and Banking)

China Employer Audits and Signed Employment Agreements

China Law Blog on Social Media

New AD/ CVD Petition –Pentafluoroethane (“R-125”) from China

China Employee Terminations when Economic Circumstances Change

Forced Labor in China: More Import Bans, But Does It Matter?

How to Succeed with Sourcing Your Products from China

China Manufacturing and Product Type Chaos