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Not Lost in Thailand: Five Tips for Protecting Your Business and Intellectual Property

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ThailandThailand is undergoing an evolution of its intellectual property (IP) legal framework with efforts being made to tackle infringements within the country. There are however still significant obstacles but there are some actions that your business can take to improve your chances of preventing infringement and enforcing your rights when needed.

  1. Register early. Thailand uses a ‘first-to-file’ system which means that the first person to register an IP right (trade mark, patent etc.), rather than use it, owns it. If, for example, you don’t register your trade mark, someone else might and then you may well have to pay through the nose to get it back. Continue reading “Not Lost in Thailand: Five Tips for Protecting Your Business and Intellectual Property” »

Shut the door on slamming

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Slamming SmallWe are getting reports of more and more foreign companies across Asia receiving correspondence which claims that their business’ name is about to be registered as a domain name by someone else, typically along the lines of:

Dear [insert name of Director/Senior Representative – or if less sophisticated – Sir/Madam]

This is Bobby Zhang, Senior Consultant at the domain name registration centre in xxx. We formally received an application from Random Company Inc. to register “Your Company Name” as a network brand with the following domain names: Continue reading “Shut the door on slamming” »

From China Law Blog: ‘The China NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement). Shut The Barn Door BEFORE The Horse Bolts.’

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This post highlights something that every small business should be aware of and considering when they look to establish manufacturing in China and anywhere else as well: sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement BEFORE you reveal any of your products or prototypes to potential manufacturers. NDAs are relatively easy to produce and used commonly in China, so be wary of anyone unwilling to sign one. If you haven’t already signed one with manufacturers, China Law Blog also propose a contingency plan… Continue reading “From China Law Blog: ‘The China NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement). Shut The Barn Door BEFORE The Horse Bolts.’” »

Here Comes the Helpdesk (Christmas carol). ‘tis the season.

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The festive season is truly upon us. While watching some reality T.V. last night I came across a programme featuring groups of people singing Christmas carols enthusiastically, if not entirely harmoniously…. Occasionally it was difficult to tell if the original was being sung or not. This inspired (to stretch this word to its limits) me to write a Helpdesk Christmas carol, apologies in advance for shameless self-promotion and questionable rhyming!

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From China Law Blog: Do you know what your China contract says?

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This post comes from the excellent China Law Blog and highlights a simple but important point: do you actually know what your China contract says? Yes you have a version in your language and one in Chinese but have you checked they say the same thing? It may sound like an obvious detail to check but the author, Dan Harris, observes, “Taking advantage of what looks like a dual language contract is a very old trick, and one I have seen at least a dozen times, and not just with China/Chinese”. Continue reading “From China Law Blog: Do you know what your China contract says?” »