Brand Protection on Amazon: Chinese Factory Manufacturing Contracts & IP Rights in China Over the last several years, Amazon has dramatically increased their efforts to approach factories in China to secure their own direct manufacturing contracts and establish selling partner relationships. If your brand manufactures products in China and sells them on Amazon.com, and Amazon…
Brand Protection with Stronger Chinese Contracts: CJ Rosenbaum breaks down intellectual property law in China compared to the United States. Securing your manufacturing is a key ingredient to protect your sales on Amazon.com. Over the last several years, Amazon has made a dramatic increase in its efforts to approach factories in China directly in order…
How To Protect Your Band From Chinese Counterfeiters – Part 2 For a band to begin to protect their merchandise in China and keep counterfeiters at bay, the band must apply for both copyright and trademark protection in China. Using both of these intellectual property rights, the band can protect their logos, lyrics, likenesses, and…
In the modern age of music streaming and social media, a band’s merchandise is more important than ever before. Merchandise acts a symbol for the band, and advertisement to be worn around to build hype, and most importantly, is a major form of profit. It is unacceptable, therefore, that your image can be tarnished and…
How to Register for Copyright in China. Why is it important to register in the first place? If a Seller does not file their copyrights, trademarks, and patents in China, that Seller has no formal IP protection in China. [1] The Berne Convention, signed September 9, 1886, defines copyright as an implied right. Even though…
