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International School Law/Teacher Law: It’s Complicated

Many of our lawyers and staff attended international schools or are sons or daughters of teachers or professors. I spent my junior year of high school at Robert College in Istanbul, a year studying Spanish at LAE Madrid and Taronja Spanish School in Valencia, Spain (both are excellent, BTW) and 8 months studying French at the

China Factory Indemnification: Yeah, Whatever

American and European lawyers love indemnification provisions in product manufacturing agreements. They love them so much they often use them in China manufacturing contracts (OEM Agreements) even though they do not work well there. American and European lawyers will put in a provision stating that if a product defect leads to a recall or injures

China Employee Non-Competes: Do Not Try This at Home

Many American companies (at least outside California where employee non-competes are generally considered invalid) love non- competes and they use them as a matter of course with most (sometimes all) their employees. Generally, a non-compete agreement or a non-compete provision in an employee contract provides that the employee cannot work for one of the employer’s

Chloe Zhao, James Bond and the Future (and Present) of Chinese Storytelling

When Beijing-born Chloé Zhao won the Academy Award for Best Director (and Best Picture) last week for Nomadland, the mainland Chinese media were under instructions to remain silent, and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) censors had turned on their Chloé Zhao filters, preventing mainland movie fans from celebrating the ascent of a native daughter to the

Forming a China Company: Seven Basic Issues

There will always be more to being legal to operate in China than simply forming a company there. And there will always be more needed to be truly operational in China than simply being legal. So when forming a China entity for our clients, we nearly always work with them on the following — before

How To Protect Your Brand In Vietnam and China and the Rest of the World Too

I wrote the below article many years ago with Gregory Buyoff, a good friend, a brilliant international IP lawyer, and the most knowledgeable person I’ve ever known on Vietnam history. Intellectual Property Magazine published this article, but it no longer shows up on its website so I am running it here (with a few updates),

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Global Law and Business Podcast – Ryan Hurley (International Cannabis)

Listen HERE or stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, or Soundcloud! At Harris Bricken, we keep close tabs on what is happening around the world, and we know that our friends and clients do, as well. We are happy to provide this podcast series: Global Law and Business, hosted by international attorneys Fred Rocafort and Jonathan Bench, where we look at the world

Registering China Trademarks: The Questions We Ask

I was recently cc’ed on an email from one our China trademark lawyers to a new client. The email is an introductory email to a company that had just retained us for China trademark work. The email asks the basic questions to which we need answers so we can efficiently and effectively figure out what

China Trademark Basics

Recently, someone asked me to give them my “elevator pitch” regarding China trademarks. Well, here it is. 1. By far the most important thing to know about the subject is that China is a “first to file” country. This means that (with very few exceptions) whoever first files for a particular trademark in a particular

On the Importance of Knowing China Legal and Business Differences

A Canadian company reached out to my law firm to see if we could help it get its tooling and molds back from its former Chinese manufacturer. This company’s Canadian lawyer had drafted a manufacturing contract with the Chinese manufacturer that was silent regarding ownership of the products’ tooling and molds. When the Canadian company

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International School Law/Teacher Law: It’s Complicated

China Factory Indemnification: Yeah, Whatever

China Employee Non-Competes: Do Not Try This at Home

Chloe Zhao, James Bond and the Future (and Present) of Chinese Storytelling

Forming a China Company: Seven Basic Issues

How To Protect Your Brand In Vietnam and China and the Rest of the World Too

Global Law and Business Podcast – Ryan Hurley (International Cannabis)

Registering China Trademarks: The Questions We Ask

China Trademark Basics

On the Importance of Knowing China Legal and Business Differences

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International School Law/Teacher Law: It’s Complicated

China Factory Indemnification: Yeah, Whatever

China Employee Non-Competes: Do Not Try This at Home

Chloe Zhao, James Bond and the Future (and Present) of Chinese Storytelling

Forming a China Company: Seven Basic Issues

How To Protect Your Brand In Vietnam and China and the Rest of the World Too

Global Law and Business Podcast – Ryan Hurley (International Cannabis)

Registering China Trademarks: The Questions We Ask

China Trademark Basics

On the Importance of Knowing China Legal and Business Differences