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Thelen Reid & Priest will receive its license to practice in China at a ceremony in Beijing on August 30, a sign of thawing in what was seen as a freeze on the government issuing licenses to foreign firms.
“We have had the engine running for awhile, and now we can put the car in gear,” says Stephen O'Neal, the firm's chairman. “We have not been able to expand the China practice the way we wanted because we were constrained by the lack of a license.”
The granting of Thelen's license allows the firm to embark on such rudimentary marketing endeavors as putting a plaque on the door and distributing business cards.
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
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