Maureen Thorson

A new name, use, or character. That is the entire rule. And the way it works is, if you send something to, say, Vietnam, and there you change it enough that you're basically turning it into a new thing, you're giving it a new name, use, or character, then that thing now counts as a product of Vietnam. A new name, use, or character.

A new name, use, or character. That is the entire rule. And the way it works is, if you send something to, say, Vietnam, and there you change it enough that you're basically turning it into a new thing, you're giving it a new name, use, or character, then that thing now counts as a product of Vietnam. A new name, use, or character.

Larry says the origin of the substantial transformation test was this Supreme Court case from 1908 involving corks. A U.S. company was importing corks from Spain, cleaning them up a bit, stamping on a logo, and the Supreme Court said...

Larry says the origin of the substantial transformation test was this Supreme Court case from 1908 involving corks. A U.S. company was importing corks from Spain, cleaning them up a bit, stamping on a logo, and the Supreme Court said...

Larry says the origin of the substantial transformation test was this Supreme Court case from 1908 involving corks. A U.S. company was importing corks from Spain, cleaning them up a bit, stamping on a logo, and the Supreme Court said...

That is not a substantial transformation, because cleaning up the corks did not give them a new name, it didn't change how they were used, and it didn't really even change their character. They started out as corks, and they were still corks here in the U.S.

That is not a substantial transformation, because cleaning up the corks did not give them a new name, it didn't change how they were used, and it didn't really even change their character. They started out as corks, and they were still corks here in the U.S.

That is not a substantial transformation, because cleaning up the corks did not give them a new name, it didn't change how they were used, and it didn't really even change their character. They started out as corks, and they were still corks here in the U.S.

To tell the story of how the thinking around name, character, and use has evolved over the decades, we're going to walk through three examples. The first one is from the 1940s, and it involves hairbrushes.

To tell the story of how the thinking around name, character, and use has evolved over the decades, we're going to walk through three examples. The first one is from the 1940s, and it involves hairbrushes.

To tell the story of how the thinking around name, character, and use has evolved over the decades, we're going to walk through three examples. The first one is from the 1940s, and it involves hairbrushes.

That's going to be a big yes for me, Doug. Look, this thing's getting a new name, a character, and a new use. You can't just use some block of wood to brush your hair. Come on. Right.

That's going to be a big yes for me, Doug. Look, this thing's getting a new name, a character, and a new use. You can't just use some block of wood to brush your hair. Come on. Right.

That's going to be a big yes for me, Doug. Look, this thing's getting a new name, a character, and a new use. You can't just use some block of wood to brush your hair. Come on. Right.

But by the 1980s, manufacturing was getting way more complicated. You could argue that any step in the process changed a product's name, character, or use. So where would Quartz draw the line? All of this came to a head in a fight over... Boat shoes. That's coming up after the break.

But by the 1980s, manufacturing was getting way more complicated. You could argue that any step in the process changed a product's name, character, or use. So where would Quartz draw the line? All of this came to a head in a fight over... Boat shoes. That's coming up after the break.

But by the 1980s, manufacturing was getting way more complicated. You could argue that any step in the process changed a product's name, character, or use. So where would Quartz draw the line? All of this came to a head in a fight over... Boat shoes. That's coming up after the break.

Yeah, a smartphone might be made out of parts from dozens of countries, and those parts themselves are made up of other smaller parts from dozens of other countries, all of which makes the process of trying to figure out something's country of origin incredibly tricky.

Yeah, a smartphone might be made out of parts from dozens of countries, and those parts themselves are made up of other smaller parts from dozens of other countries, all of which makes the process of trying to figure out something's country of origin incredibly tricky.

Yeah, a smartphone might be made out of parts from dozens of countries, and those parts themselves are made up of other smaller parts from dozens of other countries, all of which makes the process of trying to figure out something's country of origin incredibly tricky.