Secure your intellectual property in China – Part 2: The legal side
Building an effective system for the protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) has become essential for China. Consequently, the Chinese government has worked hard to establish a world-class patent-protection system during the past 20 years, and during the past 27 years, China joined the major international IP Organizations and Treaties:
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May 1st, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Ram,
Thanks for your comprehensive article on IPR in China.
I was recently informed by one of my customers in Guangzhou, that a former employee had started running his own business and using my company’s IP with only the slightest modifications. Incredibly this former employee even uploaded this material to www.wiziq.com for all to see (and record).
The following is a link to a Slideshare comparison document showing how similar his materials are:
http://www.slideshare.net/morryone/tw-allison-copyright-infringement
Most unusual of all is that the offending individual is not Chinese, but Canadian. I would like to know how the laws you mention relate to foreign companies and management.
May 5th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
In reaction to Morry’s post, I have had similar issues with a small Danish company using our sales proposals, presentations, job ads with only minor modifications (to the point that it did not make sense - it was clearly not their company’s material). In the copycat job ads they even copy the bit about our company’s ethics… This shameless cut/paste was the work of local employees, but their HQ doesnt seem to care much… In the end it reflects badly on them, but still…