要堅持專有權對IP，組織必須到位有機制保證持續的保護。

首先，某人必須保證登記的IP權利維護他們的有效性。 商標每次登記10年，因而註冊應該是延長的在這樣有效性期間之前結尾。 疏忽如此做導致所有專有權損失到商標…

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仿冒的持續的瀰漫在中國是法律的不僅問題，而且一个執行。 當中國的法律和章程依照關於知識產權(旅行)時和其他寬被接受的國際原則的與換相關的方面的協議，中國的保護機制的某些部分證明了無效。 共同的例子是高標準為了作贗品者的犯罪責任，證實奸詐註冊的證據的高負擔和困難能證明損傷在民事訴訟…

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The challenges ahead

By Nick Debnam & George Svinos, KPMG

Luxury retailing in China clearly presents tremendous opportunities, but also risks and challenges. In addition to heightening competition as is common among emerging markets, the most significant and relevant of challenges for luxury brands concern Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regulations, the time frame for a return on investment, low luxury brand awareness, booming Chinese tourism and limited retail infrastructure.

• IPR regulations

According to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing the piracy rate in China remains one of the highest in the world and, on average, 20 percent of consumer products are counterfeit. Even domestic companies are troubled by piracy, with a recent study by the Ministry of Information Industry finding that 37 percent of Chinese companies suffered from such problems. Read the rest of “Luxury Brands in China: Part IV” or post a comment

By Andrew Hupert 

Just before Chinese New Year, I was in a Shanghai sales meeting where the owner of a European company was discussing post-holiday sales projections. The talk was all “new, innovative, out of the box”, but the walk was all about doing the same old thing only bigger and/or cheaper. I’ve been to this rodeo before. Some of the expensive new marketing initiatives put into place 6 months ago were about to whither and die.

If you are a straight-arrow manager trying some “out of the box” thinking in China you are going to need a strategy for gauging and recognizing success in the early stages. Most of all you need to avoid squandering your investment by pulling the plug too early.

Here are some ideas that might help: Read the rest of “Warning to China Managers: Out of the box thinking can get messy” or post a comment

China has been trying to stem an ever growing trade surplus, manage domestic inflation, move development from the coastal areas to the inland areas and decrease its dependence on heavily polluting industries.

Because of these objectives, manufacturing in China is becoming more expensive as China adds in hidden (and sometimes not so hidden) costs into the sourcing equation. 

Here are the top 4 reasons you can expect costs to continue to rise in 2008:

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