When a supplier bypasses its U.S. distributor, sells directly to protected customers, or routes sales through an affiliate, the case depends on territory language, customer proof, shipment records, authority, damages, Hague service, and recovery leverage.
Save the distribution agreement, territory/customer lists, renewal emails, minimum-purchase terms, marketing spend, and supplier approvals.
Collect customer emails, screenshots, invoices, serial numbers, shipment records, platform listings, reseller offers, affiliate names, and pricing comparisons.
Organize lost margins, diverted accounts, inventory losses, chargebacks, and U.S.-side customer or bank records that may support discovery and recovery.
A Chinese supplier may argue that the territory was nonexclusive, customers were not protected, minimum purchases were missed, the agreement expired, or an affiliate—not the supplier—made the sale. A strong file connects contract language to actual diverted accounts and shipment/payment records.
Preserve customer lists, CRM exports, marketing spend, renewal negotiations, purchase orders, supplier price quotes, side-sale invoices, competing reseller listings, serial numbers, tracking records, customer admissions, and communications showing the supplier knew the customer belonged to the distributor.
The defendant may be a factory, trading company, sales affiliate, Hong Kong entity, or exporter. Before translating the service package, compare the signatory, invoice issuer, exporter, payment beneficiary, and entity registry records. U.S.-customer records may also support subpoenas and damages proof.
This page is general information, not legal advice. China-US litigation, supplier-dispute strategy, Hague service, judgment enforcement, and asset recovery should be reviewed against the actual documents, parties, forum, deadlines, and recovery targets.
Possibly, if the agreement, jurisdiction, defendant identity, breach proof, and damages record support a U.S. claim and service can be completed properly.
Useful proof includes protected-customer lists, supplier communications, customer emails, competing quotes, invoices, shipping records, serial numbers, platform listings, and affiliate records.
If the Chinese supplier must be served in China, the complaint, translations, Chinese legal name, address, and evidence exhibits should be aligned before Hague submission.
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Possibly, if the agreement, jurisdiction, defendant identity, breach proof, and damages record support a U.S. claim and service can be completed properly.
Useful proof includes protected-customer lists, supplier communications, customer emails, competing quotes, invoices, shipping records, serial numbers, platform listings, and affiliate records.
If the Chinese supplier must be served in China, the complaint, translations, Chinese legal name, address, and evidence exhibits should be aligned before Hague submission.
Review the defendant identity, Chinese address, service record, deadlines, translations, contracts, invoices, payment trails, and U.S. enforcement options before choosing the next step.
Get help before submitting Hague service papers, seeking default, negotiating with a Chinese counterparty, tracing U.S. assets, or responding to a service or enforcement challenge.
Finberg Firm can assess China-related service, litigation, translation, judgment, and asset-recovery issues and map a practical strategy for U.S. counsel or businesses.