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
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Buying Expensive Equipment from China: Seven Questions to Answer Before You Pay
By Dan Harris
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…
DDP Shipping Risks: What Boise Cascade’s Guilty Plea Means for U.S. Buyers
By Dan Harris
DDP Shipping Risks: What Boise Cascade’s Guilty Plea Means for U.S. Buyers
Delivered Duty Paid shipping can make an international purchase feel “almost domestic.” The overseas seller quotes one landed price, arranges transportation, clears the goods through U.S. Customs and…
Buying a Business in the U.S., Part 4: Letters of Intent (LOIs)
Buying a Business in the U.S., Part 4: Letters of Intent (LOIs)
In business purchase negotiations, parties often execute an early‑stage document called a letter of intent (“LOI”). You may also see it called a term sheet or even a…
Protecting Your Artwork Internationally: What Artists Need to Do Before the Work Travels
Protecting Your Artwork Internationally: What Artists Need to Do Before the Work Travels
An artist sends drawings and 3D files to an overseas foundry. The foundry casts the commissioned sculptures, keeps the molds, photographs the unfinished work, and pulls a…
The Lawsuits I See Coming a Mile Away, and the One You’re Walking Into Now
The Lawsuits I See Coming, and the One You’re Walking Into Now
After years litigating business disputes, you stop hearing new stories. A client calls, starts in on what happened, and within a few minutes I can usually see where…
Your China Employee Signed the Vacation Policy. You Can Still Lose.
By Arlo Kipfer
Your China Employee Signed the Vacation Policy. You Can Still Lose.
Every year, foreign employers in China face the same claim. Their handbook says unused vacation expires at year-end, every employee signed an acknowledgment, HR sent the reminders, and payroll…
DCC License Conversions After Rescheduling: How and When to Split A/M Licenses in California
DCC license conversions after rescheduling: how and when to split A/M licenses in California
When obtaining a California cannabis licenses, operators had to decide whether to operate under an adult-use license, a medicinal license, or a combined A/M structure. However,…
Buying a Business in the U.S., Part 3: Nondisclosure Agreements
I recently wrote about how to find businesses for sale, and how to price them. Today I’ll discuss the very first contract typically signed by a buyer and seller in the life cycle of a small or closely-held…