If a Chinese provider wants a deposit or down payment before you buy from them, you should do your homework. Assume you pay for the things before they arrive. Problems might occur, like the supplier could refuse to send the items, delaying shipping, raising prices, …
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Foreign companies can get a lot out of registering their trademarks in China. As China has become important in global markets in general, many businesses will at one time do business in China through manufacturing, distribution, and sales. In this article, we will explain why …
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The process of protecting your designs in China is more straightforward than you may think, and are important for business purposes outside of and inside the China market. This article explores Chinese design patent applications, the recent amendment to the patent law in China, and …
Even though Chinese consumers are becoming more familiar with foreign language marks, they will likely still use Chinese language marks to talk about foreign brands. So, it should always be a top priority for foreign companies doing business in China to get legal protection, stop …
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Contracts with Chinese manufacturers, distributors, Chinese suppliers and other commercial agreements you use in China are more likely to be effective if written in English and Chinese. Why you might you say? The reason is that it is important that you and the Chinese parties …
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In recent years global manufacturing has been centred in China. Even though many legitimate brand owners manufacture their products in China and export them worldwide, China produces many counterfeit goods and is a source of counterfeit products. To prevent infringement of IP rights in China, …
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What distinguishes the Chinese trademark registration system from others? In addition to patent protection and copyright protection in China, how do you get the necessary intellectual property to protect your trademark in the suitable product classes? What are the different subclasses and categories of products …
Here we will explain how to protect your product when making it as well as your trade secrets in China. The most important thing for companies with a new product made in China is to verify the Chinese company you intend to collaborate with before …
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The majority of businesses seek to prevent Chinese companies from selling counterfeit products. This article explains how to prevent Chinese companies from copying your products and stop them if they are already doing so.Counterfeiters and sellers of fake products and brand names must be detected …
Utility model patent applications can be filed concurrently with innovation patent applications in China. The benefit of filing utility model patent applications concurrently with innovation patent applications is that a utility model patent can be granted much more quickly than an innovation patent application. In …
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