Is Your Trademark Protected in China?
If you have not registered your trademark in China, the answer is NO.
If you have not registered your trademark in China, the answer is NO.
In March 2022, with the approval of China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC), a local court in Shanghai ruled to recognize an English monetary judgment.
It is not easy to demand payment from the debtor, either to ask the buyer to pay for the goods or to ask the supplier to return the money (in case of a failed transaction).
You can register an intellectual property rights (IPR) complaint account on Alibaba (including Taobao, Tmall, 1688.com and Alibaba.com) and file a complaint against counterfeit products in person or through an agent.
It means enforcing foreign judgments in China will not be much harder than that in other foreign judgments friendly countries.
In practice, as an agency specializing in China-related debt collection, we have noticed that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are often more likely to get into situations where they are owed money by their Chinese partners.
You only need to prepare proof of identity, proof of intellectual property rights (IPR) and proof of authorization.
The webinar ‘Cross-border Commercial Dispute Resolution – HCCH 2005 Choice of Court and 2019 Judgments Conventions’ will take place on Wednesday, July 27 between 3 to 6pm (Singapore time). This event is organized jointly by the Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) and the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH).
In international trades, many traders do not always use formal contracts when doing business in China. Instead, they use simple purchase orders (POs) and proforma invoices (PIs), which do not cover all the details of the transaction.
What do you do as a creditor if you have a winning judgment against your debtor in a country other than the one where the debtor has assets or is located?
Is the Chinese company still in operation? Does it have any business in the last year? Does it have any regular income?
Can I sue Chinese companies in Spain and then enforce an Spanish judgment in China?
If you find products infringing your IPR on Taobao, Tmall, 1688.com, AliExpress and Alibaba.com, you can file a complaint with Alibaba and ask Alibaba to remove the product links.
Have you ever encountered with the situation where the lawyers appointed by China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “SINOSURE”) to collect the payment for goods from you?
When people talk about the need to find a Chinese lawyer, what he actually needs is a network of Chinese lawyers.
If you fail to collect your debt at the amicable collection stage, the next step is to initiate legal proceedings.
Can I sue Chinese companies in Italy and then enforce an Italian judgment in China?
When most people plan to sue in China, they think of court costs and attorney fees, but often ignore notarization and authentication costs.
In China, the official company seal or stamp is a symbol of corporate power.