Novembro 20o, 2007 por histórias do sucesso do negócio de China
Novembro 20o, 2007 por histórias do sucesso do negócio de China
Por Aaron Wininger e sol de Peiyu
A população de crescimento de China sobre de 1.3 bilhão consumidores potenciais, acoplada com sua renda descartável ràpidamente crescente, está transformando-se um marketplace enorme para os produtos protegidos pelas leis da propriedade intelectual (IP). A renda descartável de residentes urbanos de Beijing alcançou 17.653 yuan per capita (sobre $2.200 USD) em 2005. China tem também tornado das bases principais do manufacturing do mundo para os produtos protegidos por leis do IP. Mais mais, o GDP de China alcançou sobre $8 trillion (USD) em 2005, baseado na paridade de poder comprando. As such, based on these numbers alone, the opportunity, occurrences, and profitability of IP infringement in China is steadily on the rise.
According to recent postings by the United States Embassy in Beijing, China is the number one source of counterfeit goods seized by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. However, targets of IP piracy and infringement are not just U.S. or foreign companies, but also Chinese companies. For example, on a recent visit to street corner in Shanghai, DVDs of movies currently playing in theaters worldwide were available for 4 yuan (about 53 cents, U.S.). With some haggling, volume purchase discounts appeared possible. Bootleg DVDs included recently released American films such as “Transformers” and “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,” as well as many popular, recent Hong Kong movies. Since the main market for Read the rest of “Recent Developments and Routes for Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights in China” or post a comment
July 4th, 2007 by China Business Success Stories
By Zhong Yi, Liu Fei
1. What business forms for foreign investors to develop activities in China
(1) Forms of enterprise
ⅰ Chinese-Foreign Equity Joint Ventures,
ⅱ Chinese-Foreign Contractual Joint Ventures
ⅲ Foreign Capital Enterprises. Read the rest of “Summary of the Registration for Foreign-Invested Enterprises in China” or post a comment
July 4th, 2007 by China Business Success Stories
By Benjamin Ross
China and the US have been in the news again, and this time it’s about intellectual property rights. The US is accusing China of not taking intellectual property laws seriously. China has responded by giving the US the proverbial middle finger. Here’s my take.
From the American Perspective Read the rest of “Pirates of the Middle Kingdom” or post a comment
June 19th, 2007 by China Business Success Stories
By William Dodson
One of the senior partners of my consultancy Silk Road Advisors is a Chinese Lawyer. Ms. Zhang is certified to practice law in China, not in the States. She typically takes on corporate cases that Western international law firms gain on behalf of their Western clients, but for whom the practice can only do so much in moving agreements through government channels. Also, many of the Western law firms prefer to stay within the city limits of the First-Tier cities, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai. She prefers to stay outside the city limits of the First-Tier cities: the noise, pollution and overall pushi-ness of Big City China doesn’t impress her, though she is a native of Beijing.
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