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If your products are made in China and exported from there, your trademarks are already exposed. For many companies, the...
06/17/2026

If your products are made in China and exported from there, your trademarks are already exposed. For many companies, the real risk is not selling in China. It is someone else registering the mark first and using that registration to disrupt manufacturing or exports.

The post Manufacturing in China but Not Selling There? Your China Trademark Strategy Should Be Defensive, Focused, and Fast appeared first on Harris Sliwoski LLP .

China trademark protection for manufacturers is about preventing supply-chain disruption, not just stopping copycats. Learn which marks to file, how to file them, and why delay can put your exports at risk.

Emerging Market Compliance Risks: When Local Workarounds Become Permanent Liabilities Companies entering emerging market...
06/15/2026

Emerging Market Compliance Risks: When Local Workarounds Become Permanent Liabilities Companies entering emerging markets hear the same reassurance again and again: “This is how things are done here.” The advice comes in familiar forms. Use a connected intermediary to speed up a permit. Put shares in a nominee’s name to get around ownership limits. Ignore

The post Emerging Market Compliance Risks: When Local Workarounds Become Permanent Liabilities appeared first on Harris Sliwoski LLP .

Legal shortcuts in emerging markets create hidden risks in ownership, taxes, permits, employment, and due diligence.

Can You Subpoena a Chinese Company? What You Need to Know About China Discovery In cross-border litigation involving mai...
06/10/2026

Can You Subpoena a Chinese Company? What You Need to Know About China Discovery In cross-border litigation involving mainland China-based defendants, U.S. litigation lawyers often mistake the ability to issue a subpoena for the ability to enforce it. A subpoena backed by a U.S. court carries real consequences inside the United States, but it has

The post Can You Subpoena a Chinese Company? What You Need to Know About China Discovery appeared first on Harris Sliwoski LLP .

Can you subpoena a Chinese company? Why U.S. subpoenas, Hague Evidence requests, depositions, and discovery against Chinese companies often fail.

China Manufacturing Contracts: Why U.S. Drafts Do Not Work Clients often send us a U.S. manufacturing agreement and ask ...
06/08/2026

China Manufacturing Contracts: Why U.S. Drafts Do Not Work Clients often send us a U.S. manufacturing agreement and ask whether it can save time or money on a China manufacturing contract. It cannot. Sometimes the ask is smaller: can we just spend a couple of hours reviewing it? We decline because we will not bill

The post China Manufacturing Contracts: Why Your Draft Does Not Work appeared first on Harris Sliwoski LLP .

U.S. manufacturing drafts do not work for China. Learn why China manufacturing contracts need PRC-focused enforcement, Chinese language terms, NNN protections, and real leverage.

Trademark Squatters Are Coming for Your Supply Chain in Swarms Now For years, trademark squatters followed the same gene...
05/25/2026

Trademark Squatters Are Coming for Your Supply Chain in Swarms Now For years, trademark squatters followed the same general script. They would identify a foreign brand that had not yet registered its trademark in China, the United States, or another key market. Then they would file first and wait. Eventually, the legitimate brand owner would

The post Trademark Squatters Are Coming for Your Supply Chain in Swarms Now appeared first on Harris Sliwoski LLP .

Trademark squatters are targeting supply chains, China Customs, USPTO filings, and Amazon listings. Learn how to protect your brand before it is used against you.

Sinosure Claims: Why Foreign Buyers Need More Than a Quick Consultation Why Sinosure Matters Are Different A Sinosure cl...
05/18/2026

Sinosure Claims: Why Foreign Buyers Need More Than a Quick Consultation Why Sinosure Matters Are Different A Sinosure claim is not just an unpaid invoice. By the time most companies contact us, they have usually already lost ground they cannot easily recover. The setup looks simple: a Chinese supplier claims a foreign buyer failed to

The post Sinosure Claims: Why Foreign Buyers Need More Than a Quick Consultation appeared first on Harris Sliwoski LLP .

Sinosure claims are not ordinary debt disputes. Learn why foreign buyers need a full strategic review before responding to a Sinosure demand.

Enforcing U.S. Judgments in China: What Judgment Creditors Need to Know For years, the standard advice about enforcing U...
05/11/2026

Enforcing U.S. Judgments in China: What Judgment Creditors Need to Know For years, the standard advice about enforcing U.S. judgments in China was simple: don’t bother. That advice is now outdated. It is still not easy or inexpensive to enforce a U.S. court judgment in China. And it is also far from automatic. But Chinese

The post Enforcing U.S. Judgments in China: What Judgment Creditors Need to Know appeared first on Harris Sliwoski LLP .

A practical guide to enforcing U.S. judgments in China, including reciprocity, Hague service, costs, punitive damages, and when enforcement makes business sense.

China Manufacturing Contracts: When One Agreement Is Not Enough A U.S. company recently called one of our international ...
05/04/2026

China Manufacturing Contracts: When One Agreement Is Not Enough A U.S. company recently called one of our international dispute resolution lawyers after receiving a message from its Chinese factory. Future orders, the factory said, would require a 34% price increase, effective immediately. The factory had the client’s molds. It had the client’s designs. And it

The post China Manufacturing Contracts: When One Agreement Is Not Enough appeared first on Harris Sliwoski LLP .

China manufacturing contracts can fail when NNN, tooling, development, and production terms are blurred. Learn when one agreement is enough and when it is not.

China’s New Supply Chain Security Rules Raise the Risks for Foreign Companies On April 7, 2026, China turned supply chai...
04/29/2026

China’s New Supply Chain Security Rules Raise the Risks for Foreign Companies On April 7, 2026, China turned supply chain decisions into national security decisions. The regulations took effect the same day. No transition period. These regulations, issued as State Council Order No. 834, give Chinese authorities a formal mechanism to investigate and punish foreign

The post China’s New Supply Chain Security Rules Raise the Risks for Foreign Companies appeared first on Harris Sliwoski LLP .

China’s new supply chain security rules raise risks for foreign companies, including audits, supplier exits, UFLPA compliance, and China exit bans.

f you think China’s new trade secret rules mean you can rely less on contracts, you’re making a costly mistake. Laws don...
04/24/2026

f you think China’s new trade secret rules mean you can rely less on contracts, you’re making a costly mistake. Laws don’t enforce themselves. Contracts still do the heavy lifting.

The post China’s New Trade Secret Rules Do Not Replace China NNN Agreements appeared first on Harris Sliwoski LLP .

China’s new trade secret rules help, but they do not replace China NNN Agreements for protecting against use, disclosure, and circumvention.

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