China’s New Overseas Investment Rules: Can Your Chinese Investor Actually Get the Money Out?
A Chinese investor agrees to put $10 million into your company. You negotiate valuation, board rights, closing mechanics, and exit provisions. Everyone signs. You start hiring
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Five Bills Every California Cannabis Operator Needs to Track in 2026
Five Bills Every California Cannabis Operator Needs to Track in 2026: AB 1826, AB 1965, AB 2249, AB 2532, and AB 2537
Five separate bills are moving through the California legislature at the same time, and together they touch nearly
International IP Protection for Startups: What to Protect and Where
International IP Protection for Startups: What to Protect and Where
Startup companies often come to us wanting the full arsenal of intellectual property protection. They want trademarks in every country where somebody might someday buy their product, patents covering their
Oregon State Court Civil Discovery: No Interrogatories, No Routine Expert Reports. Litigate Accordingly.
Oregon Civil Discovery: No Interrogatories, No Routine Expert Reports. Litigate Accordingly.
Some of the most expensive mistakes in Oregon civil litigation are made in the first sixty days, and good lawyers make them by waiting. They wait for initial disclosures
China Supplier Fraud in Yiwu: Why We Recommended the Police, Not a Lawsuit
China Supplier Fraud in Yiwu: Why We Recommended the Police, Not a Lawsuit
We receive some version of this email nearly every week. A company finds a supplier or sourcing agent in China, pays for the goods, and then watches
China Trademark Registration: Why U.S. Companies Need More Than a Filing Agent
China Trademark Registration: Why U.S. Companies Need More Than a Filing Agent
A company that makes protective work gloves came to us after China Customs seized one of its shipments. A direct competitor held the China registration covering exactly the
California Cannabis Contracts After Rescheduling: Why Your Contracts Need a Second Look
Rescheduling did not just change tax treatment and licensing options for cannabis operators. It also changed the assumptions baked into thousands of existing cannabis contracts. Supply agreements, licensing arrangements, and investment documents drafted before April 2026 were built around a
Trademark Registration in Central America: How to Build a Country-by-Country Filing Strategy
Registering Trademarks in Central America: How to Build a Country-by-Country Filing Strategy
A U.S. consumer-products company appoints one distributor to sell its products in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. It registers its trademark in Guatemala, where sales will begin, and
Buying Expensive Equipment from China: Seven Questions to Answer Before You Pay
Buying Expensive Equipment from China: Seven Questions to Answer Before You Pay
I was spurred to write this post by four different companies that came to us in the last two months with problems involving food trucks they had purchased
United States Trademark Ownership Errors: How Small Filing Mistakes Become Expensive Problems
United States Trademark Ownership Errors: How Small Filing Mistakes Become Expensive Problems
Ownership problems involving United States trademark applications and registrations rarely announce themselves when an application is filed. They sit in the USPTO record until a sale, financing, enforcement