Protecting Your Intellectual Property in China

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  Chen114106/10/08 Report as spam
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  Beware of information leak in China

  In additional to legal aspect of IPR protection, I suggest company who want to do business in China review the information security management of your partner. What we see in China is that employee can essiy copy your confidencial data such as customer list, production knowhow, on either other media or send out by e-mail. Most company in China do not develop a strong security controls. Any company who outsource their RD or manufacture activities run a great ... You will be suprised how your employee become your competitors ...

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  yvane06/17/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Protecting Your Intellectual Property in China

  but so many developed counties need cheaper and counterfeit goods~
  usa japan...ect. so ,in fact i think the real cause just is
  1 China is a large country with a huge population
  2 low labor costs( it's just that many contries make counterfeit goods in china infact)
  3 china is a developing country that ture
  4 gap of wealth,so ?Artificial efforts to try to curb wealth gaps invariably do more harm than good.?

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  legalista06/18/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Protecting Your Intellectual Property in China

  I think suggestion #6 is the worst one I have ever heard. To pay a bribe to a "foreign government official" (and in China, at least 80% of people could be considered foreign government officials, due to the membership in the Communist party) would attract the attention of the DOJ and other regulatory entities in the USA, due to violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
  
  This Act is very broad in scope, and the penalties for violators are horrific. I am surprised that someone did not check this article for accuracy prior to printing.

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  nickwang06/24/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Protecting Your Intellectual Property in China

  Altough item6 sounds good, it hurts both China and yourself. As a native Chinese working in a US company, I have to say, at least now, to build relationship with local government does not mean "gratuities". Indeed, most small to medium companies can not even afford those "gratuities". The more needed is job oppotuinities, taxes, etc.
  Only my 2 cents.

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  devereuxmm06/27/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Protecting Your Intellectual Property in China

  I agree with all the feedback on Item 6 - that's such an old fashioned view. I think Professor Haley has not been to China in the last decade or so.