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- Why China Matters #3 China matters because it continues to see significant improvement in the development of intellectual property (“IP”) right protection. In 2017, the country received 1.38 million invention and utility patent applications, a 14.2 percent increase from the previous year. According to Mr. Changyu Shen, Commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office (“SIPO”), 744,000 patents of the […]
- Why China Matters #2 In the world of politics, no one does it better than China’s President Xi Jinping. Like a smart day trader on Wall Street: buy low, sell high. But the key is, when to buy and when to sell; like the gambler song made famous by Kenny Rogers: Got to know when to hold and when […]
- Why China Matters #1 China, the final economic frontier, the world’s second-largest economy and a region with over 1.3 billion people, is a force to be reckoned and a partner, competitor and/or fellow superpower that must be fully understood, its policies be surgically dissected and its ambitions be fully respected. Over the course of 2018, this series titled “Why […]
- Resale Price Maintenance In China – The Predators of Price Resale price maintenance in China is a matter easily (and frequently) overlooked by our clients when drafting contracts with distributors and third parties, which can leave you either broke or completely unscathed. Enforcement with respect to resale price maintenance by the courts and administrative bodies has been a hot topic since the promulgation of the […]
- How to Protect Trade Secrets in China When Employees Leave Trade Secrets in China The challenge is thus how a Chinese company can protect its trade secrets when an employee quits to either start a competing business of his or her own or to join a competitor without violating PRC law in the process As China continues to develop truly world-class e-commerce and other Internet […]
- Withdraw from China: Can It Be Done? Do you need help withdrawing your business from China? Although it may seem sheer lunacy to some due to the rapid growth of the Chinese economy in recent decades, particularly with its status as the world’s second largest economy, some iconic Western brands have found themselves unable to achieve any success in the Chinese market. This […]
- Trump President: What’s in It for China? Much of the world, China included, is in shock over the recent election of billionaire property developer and TV reality shows mogul Donald J. Trump in the United States. All of the pre-election polls, and even many of the leaders of Mr. Trump’s own Republican Party themselves, had written him off going into this past […]
