China and Intellectual Property

For the last decade, U.S. companies have been flocking to China, due in part to lower production costs.   Initially, the business climate in China was severely hampered by a lack of respect for IP by the Chinese Government and Chinese companies.  Although IP is still not treated as U.S. companies would like, talk of change from within China has begun.  Beginning this week, a series of posts will be written about the state of IP in China, and how the treatment of IP and the business climate are slowly beginning to change.

Comments

[Anita Campbell]

Hi Douglas, I am looking forward to hearing what you say about China. It is such an important issue.

Also, legal issues faced by agricultural or farming enterprises would be helpful too. And cottage industry food producers (herb growers, goat cheese makers). What do they need to know about packaging, trademarks, public nuisance, health department requirements, biogenetics, etc. So little is written on those issues.

Best,
Anita Campbell
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