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 http://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…