🏭 NNN Agreements & OEM Agreements
The complete guide to NNN agreements — non-disclosure, non-use, non-circumvention — for China manufacturing: enforceability, drafting, execution, disputes, and the OEM contract stack.
NNN Agreement Dispute Resolution: We Usually Recommend Chinese Courts over Arbitration
For China NNN agreements, Chinese court litigation usually beats arbitration on speed to asset freezing, cost, and enforcement — while arbitration retains real advantages in specific configurations. How the choice works, and how to draft the clause.
China NNN Agreements: The Complete Guide for Foreign Buyers
Why NDAs fail against Chinese suppliers and what replaces them — the three Ns, enforceability under PRC law, chop and entity verification, liquidated damages, tooling, subcontractors, and the full OEM contract stack, with a six-part FAQ companion series.
China NNN Agreements FAQ (1): Basics, Definitions, and What You Are Signing
The fundamentals: what NNN stands for, how it differs from an NDA, whether names and registration matter, and the questions buyers ask before anything else.
China NNN Agreements FAQ (2): Whether and When You Need One
Timing and necessity: when an NNN is essential and when another instrument does the job better - samples, purchase orders, manufacturing agreements, idea-stage projects, and suppliers outside China.
China NNN Agreements FAQ (3): Drafting the Agreement
Drafting choices that decide enforceability: what the agreement must contain, unilateral versus mutual structures, the permitted-purpose definition, duration layers, language, governing law, and a complete China-compliance checklist.
China NNN Agreements FAQ (4): Language, Governing Law, Execution, and Verification
Getting the paper right: which chop counts, whether a signature alone binds, Hong Kong entities, pre-signing disclosures, supplier verification, and how the language and law clauses are chosen.
China NNN Agreements FAQ (5): Money, Damages, Disputes, and Enforcement
When things go wrong: how large liquidated damages should be, whether punitive numbers survive, court versus arbitration, foreign judgments, demand letters, and the cost and speed of enforcement.
China NNN Agreements FAQ (6): Scenarios, Coverage Gaps, and Related Protections
The boundary questions: what an NNN does not cover - trademarks, patents, moulds, sub-suppliers, affiliates, employees - plus refusal scenarios, breach patterns, and how the pieces fit together.