Legal Considerations Doing Business in Japan, Korea

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Legal Considerations Doing Business in Japan,
Korea Taiwan

• Gregory R. Jones
• Hand Arendall, L.L.C.
• Athens Birmingham Mobile Fairhope Foley
  
• Jackson, Ms

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Predicting Success

• Business Climate
• Contract Enforcement
• Dispute Resolution
• Working with Distributors
• Getting Paid
• Protecting Intellectual Property

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JAPAN Report Card

• Business Climate C
• IP Protection A-
• Enforcing Contracts B
• Getting Paid A
• Distributors B
• Arbitration c-

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KOREA Report Card

• Distributors B
• IP Protection C-
• Enforcing Contracts C
• Getting Paid A

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TAIWAN Report Card

• IP Protection ?
• Enforcing Contracts B
• Getting Paid B
• Distributors c

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FREE LEGAL ADVICE!!!

• Register patents and trademarks IP abroad
• Conduct due diligence regarding distributor
• Arbitrate in Hawaii, Philippines or Australia
• Adopt US law or UN Convention of Internal Sale of
  Goods in contracts

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Goodbye!

• Osakini
• Annyeonghi gyeseyo
• Zai jian
• (I tried!)