Harris Bricken (LexBlog Russia)

China Trademarks and Global Political Conflicts Russia’s War and Its Impact on China Brands Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the brand risks international companies face when geopolitical conflicts force a market exit. Many companies that left Russia found their trademarks being used without their consent, leading to a devaluation of their brand. In particular, the...

I am lately getting a ton of calls from reporters wanting examples of companies leaving China because of its increasingly oppressive cybersecurity, data security and counter-espionage laws. When I tell them I have no such examples, they are surprised. I then explain how companies tend to believe they are capable of navigating such things and...

In our initial post, Russia’s War Will Impact Your China Business, we talked about why there would be an impact. That post was less than a week ago, but since then we have become more certain that Russia’s war will impact your China business and we now view that impact as likely to be even...

Russia’s war will impact your China business. We live in an interconnected world and what is happening with Ukraine will impact doing business with China. It’s just a question of how and by how much. In this post and its follow-up post, I will discuss how Russia’s war against Ukraine is likely to impact doing...

Listen HERE or stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, or Soundcloud! Our Global Law and Business podcast, hosted by international attorneys Fred Rocafort and Jonathan Bench, is to look at global law and business issues by talking with business leaders, innovators, service providers, manufacturers, and government leaders from around the world. In Episode #85, we are joined by...

Is your company sufficiently diversified? Does it have its eggs in enough baskets? A long time ago, my law firm was known as THE law firm for the Russian Far East. We ate, drank and slept Russia and Russian law. If there was a mining deal, an oil and gas deal, a timber deal or...

Is your company sufficiently diversified? Does it have its eggs in enough baskets? A long time ago, my law firm was known as THE law firm for the Russian Far East. We ate, drank and slept Russia and Russian law. If there was a mining deal, an oil and gas deal, a timber deal or...

“It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there.” Bob Dylan, from Not Dark Yet In the 1990s, I represented a number of international fishing and timber and mining companies that did business with Russia. This was not so long after the fall of the Soviet Union and there were a bunch of large Russian companies...

Though it is Labor Day, it is also a Monday and on Monday mornings I like to map out what will likely be going on during the upcoming week both for my law firm and me. And I just realized how much of this upcoming week is going to involve Russia. Many years ago, my...