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A New Foreign Investment Vehicle in China

September 2011 - Finance. Legal Developments by Yuval Levy & Co, Law Offices & Notarie.

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Introduction Until recently, a foreign company or individual wishing to invest in China could only do so by setting up a limited liability company1 in one f the following forms: equity joint venture, cooperative joint venture or a wholly foreign owned enterprise (i.e., EJV, CJV and WFOE, collectively "FIEs").

Protecting your Trademark in China

September 2011 - Intellectual Property. Legal Developments by Yuval Levy & Co, Law Offices & Notarie.

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Protection of trademarks is one of the most difficult legal and commercial issues with which foreign companies have to grapple while operating in China. In many cases, foreign companies start operating in China after they have already acquired a strong reputation for their products worldwide. However, when they try to file a registration application for their trademark to the Chinese trademark authorities, they suddenly discover that there has been a prior registration of an identical or similar trademark for the same or similar products/service.