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What To Do Before Contacting a Contract Manufacturer in China or India

July 7, 2022 by Renaud Anjoran

What To Do Before Contacting a Contract Manufacturer in China or India

If you have been designing a new product and you plan to have it manufactured in China or another Asian country, when and how should you contact a manufacturer, and what should you do first? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: IP protection, product design, Sourcing, vetting suppliers

What to avoid when creating your NNN agreement [Podcast]

January 14, 2022 by Adrian Leighton

What to avoid when creating your NNN agreement

In this episode… NNN agreements are important legal tools importers should use to protect their IP. Renaud chats with Adrian about what they are and some of the common errors made with them that could leave you with an unenforceable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: IP Protection Tagged With: IP protection, legal risks, NNN agreement

Manufacture in China, Get Your Product Copied? Not That Simple.

October 6, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

Manufacture in China, Get Your Product Copied? Not That Simple.

There are many examples out there of companies that got in big trouble because of their suppliers in China. In many cases, a supplier got very tempted to start selling the same product on their customer’s market.  As a result, people who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: china copycats, developing new products, IP protection, product design

Is It Beneficial To Be First To Market With Your New Product Idea? [Podcast]

September 24, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

Is It Beneficial To Get To Market First With Your New Product Idea? [Podcast]

In this episode... A recent China Law Blog article questions the wisdom of rushing out your innovative new made-in-China product in order to 'beat the copycats' to market. While there are some situations where this may have some merit, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: china copycats, developing new products, first to market, IP leakages, IP protection, IP theft, new product launch, podcast, product development tips

Developing a New Product? Think of Information Security Management.

September 6, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

Developing a New Product? Think of Information Security Management.

More and more prototyping companies who routinely work for large companies have gotten certified to ISO/IEC 27001. If you have been scratching your head about what this standard about information security management entails and what it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: IP Protection, New Product Development Tagged With: developing new products, information security, intellectual property, IP protection, ISO 27001, new product design, prototyping companies

Exploring Product Development Agreements For Importers [Podcast]

June 4, 2021 by Adrian Leighton

exploring product development agreements

In This Episode... We explore product development agreements that clarify your expectations, protect your IP, keep leverage over your supplier, provide you with transparency and control over your supply chain, and make it 100% clear who is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: chinese business practices, IP protection, manufacturing agreement, new product development, NNN agreement, podcast, product development agreement, supplier management

New Physical Products: Patents Should Come After Market Success

January 13, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

New Physical Products: Patents Should Come After Market Success

We talk to a startup company developing a new physical (hardware) product at least once a week, and I'd estimate that about 25% of them try hard to secure a patent. I get it. They are afraid of being copied. They know investors and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: hardware startups, IP protection, legal risks, new product development, new product development on a budget, patents

New Product Development: 12 Tradeoffs Every Hardware Startup Faces

June 29, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

New Product Development: 12 Tradeoffs Every Hardware Startup Faces

After working with companies that develop their own products for manufacturing here in China, I started to notice a lot of similarities. Every project is different, its challenges are sometimes unique, but the main decision points tend to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: crowdfunding, IP protection, new product development, product concept, product engineering, validating market demand

Manufacturing in China can be risky! 10 Examples of China IP Theft

June 24, 2020 by Adrian Leighton

Manufacturing in China can be risky! 10 Examples of China IP Theft

Depending on your product, it may make a lot of sense to manufacture in China (for example, for complex products that need to be developed fast). But the risks of China IP theft haven't gone away. I wanted to share a few examples here. As … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Risk Management, Supply Chain Tagged With: developing new products, IP leakages, IP protection, IP theft, supplier selection

How to Protect against Copies when you Manufacture in China

September 25, 2015 by Renaud Anjoran

How to Protect against Copies when you Manufacture in China

For certain types of products (electrical, plastic injection etc.) Chinese manufacturers are often the best source. Production can be performed with relatively high quality and a relatively low cost. However, one of China's major weaknesses … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Supplier Management Tagged With: china suppliers, Copies, IP protection, IP security, manufacturing in China, sourcing from china


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