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China’s New Trade Secret Rules Do Not Replace China NNN Agreements

China recently adopted major new trade secret rules, and many foreign companies will draw exactly the wrong lesson from them. They will see stronger trade secret protection and ...

China NNN Agreements: The Hard Truth

China NNN Agreements have become extremely popular, and that popularity has created its own problem. There are now plenty of non-lawyers, and plenty of people presenting themselves as lawyers or China contract experts, selling form China NNN Agreements online. As a result, we get a steady stream of emails from companies saying they need a ...

International Litigation: Winning the Lawsuit Is Often the Easy Part

Companies often go into international litigation asking the wrong first question: can we win?

That matters, of course. But in many cross-border disputes, it is not the most important question. The more important question is whether winning will ever lead to money.

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Moving Production to Mexico: What U.S. Companies Get Wrong

For decades, U.S. companies seeking lower-cost manufacturing went to China. Now many of those same companies are turning to Mexico. Mexico is closer to the United States, shipping times are shorter, management oversight is easier, intellectual property is generally easier to protect, cultural differences are less pron...

Your China Exit Strategy Is Also Your IP Strategy

When companies decide to move production out of China, they usually start with the operational questions. They look for factories in Vietnam,