CHINA SUPPLY CHAIN LAW · FOR OVERSEAS BRANDS
A PRC-licensed lawyer in Shanghai for brands, importers and e-commerce sellers, Amazon sellers included, who buy from or manufacture in China: purchase and manufacturing contracts, mold ownership, Chinese trademarks, supplier checks, customs IP recordal and disputes with factories and suppliers.
CORE SERVICES
Six services, all on the China end of your supply chain. Services 1 to 4 and 6 prevent problems; service 5 deals with them once they happen.
Bilingual NNN agreements, manufacturing contracts and stock purchase contracts under PRC law, written to be enforced in the court where your supplier sits.
Service details ↗02Written ownership of molds, tooling and design files, so the factory cannot hold them hostage or run them for other buyers.
Service details ↗03Defensive Chinese trademark filings, checks for squatted marks by factories or third parties, and action when a squatter gets there first.
Service details ↗04Before you pay a deposit: is it a factory or a trading company, who owns it, and does it have a litigation or enforcement record?
Service details ↗05When a supplier takes the deposit and stops shipping, ships defective goods or sells your design: demand letters, asset freezes, litigation and arbitration in China.
Service details ↗06Record your Chinese trademarks, patents or copyright with China Customs so suspected counterfeits can be detained at export.
Service details ↗FIXED-FEE PACKAGES
Before your first order with a new factory.
From USD 2,800Fixed fee
Buying finished or standard goods, no design or mold of your own.
From USD 800Fixed fee
Before a factory or squatter files your brand.
From USD 590First class
Before you pay a deposit.
From USD 199Per supplier
We advise on PRC law. Patents and trademarks outside China, infringement suits in your sales markets and Amazon or other platform suspensions are matters for lawyers licensed there; where a problem also has a China side, we handle that side and work alongside your local counsel.
Not sure which package fits?Send us the factory or brand name and what you need. Han Feng replies with a fixed quote within two business days.
Get a fixed quoteTYPICAL MATTERS
Typical situations and how we approach them. They are illustrative and do not describe any particular client or outcome.
We check the factory's registration, assets and litigation record, review the dispute clause and evidence, then decide between a demand letter, an asset freeze and a claim in the factory's local court or in arbitration.
Claims Against Suppliers: Demand Letters, Arbitration & Litigation →We gather proof of payment and ownership, check what the contract says about tooling and liens, send a demand on law-firm letterhead and, if needed, sue for return with an application to preserve the molds.
Mold & Design Ownership →We check the filing date, use and evidence of bad faith, act within the opposition or invalidation deadlines, and file the Latin and Chinese marks you actually need so it does not happen again.
China Trademark Protection →We confirm who actually makes the product, then structure the contract so the manufacturer itself is bound by the NNN and the mold terms, not only the company you pay.
Supplier Background Checks →INSIGHTS
TRADE SECRETS
Why an English NDA does little against a Chinese factory, what a China-specific NNN agreement adds, and the clauses that decide whether you can enforce it.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
In most matters, yes. Contracts, trademark filings and negotiations are handled remotely. For court proceedings a foreign company signs a power of attorney abroad, which is notarised and apostilled or legalised, and some courts also accept authorisation witnessed by video. We attend hearings in China.
Often, yes, if you ever need to enforce it against the factory. A foreign judgment is difficult to enforce in China, and a Chinese court asked to apply foreign law needs that law proven. For factory contracts we usually recommend a bilingual contract with the Chinese text prevailing, PRC law, and a Chinese court or arbitration commission.
Yes, but the contract has to change. We structure it so the manufacturer itself signs the NNN and the mold terms, alongside the trading company you pay. Otherwise the company that holds your design and tooling owes you nothing directly.
The four packages are fixed fees, starting at USD 2,800 for the Factory Starter Package, USD 800 for a stock purchase contract, USD 590 for one trademark class (USD 350 for each additional class) and USD 199 for a supplier background check. A supplier dispute assessment starts at USD 590, and demand letters are also fixed fees; litigation and arbitration are quoted per stage after we review the file. You receive a written fee proposal before engagement, and fees are paid to the law firm under a written engagement agreement.
No. Han Feng advises on PRC law. Those matters are for lawyers licensed in your sales markets: US counsel for a Schedule A lawsuit, European counsel for an infringement claim in Europe, and so on. Where a problem also has a China side, such as a factory that keeps selling your design, we handle that part and coordinate with your local counsel.
Your company name, the factory's or other party's name, a short description of the matter and any deadlines. Please do not send confidential documents until the engagement is confirmed.
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To protect your interests, please do not send confidential documents, identity documents, bank information or complete contracts at the initial-contact stage. Formal engagement and secure document-transfer arrangements will be confirmed after a conflict check.