LEGAL AND PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
How does a company protect proprietary rights, patents,
trademarks, formulizations, trade secrets, and so on? To
each company, the answers to these questions can pose very
little exposure or very significant exposure. These factors
must be reviewed and examined in great detail. A quality,
experienced law firm specializing in international business
can be invaluable in the endeavor.
Chapter One made the point that companies need to in-
vest more heavily in developing relationships with foreign
business partners and less in attorneys.
However, due diligence requires allocating time and re-
sources to working through the complexities of the legal is-
sues of offshore manufacturing plans.
Understanding a foreign country’s legal ...