Dealing with IP infringement is tricky enough in the United States without trying to navigate another country’s IP protection system—especially one with no common-law trademark rights such as China. To help clarify what goes on across the pond, or world, Dan Harris, in a China Law Blog post explains the best steps for protecting your IP assets in The People’s Republic.
Infringing links: “The fastest and easiest way to have infringing links removed from a Chinese e-commerce site is to submit a request to that site,” says Harris. If your company doesn’t have trademarks in China over your products, it’s okay to proceed as if they do, instructs Harris, and hope for an unsophisticated website operator. It’s best if there is at least one product trademarked that would possibly extend to the other products—at least on its face.
