Intellectual Property Law

China's Enforcement of IP: Discuss

By Marty Schwimmer

From Fareed Zakaria's "The Post American World":

Western businessmen have often noted that their Chinese counterparts seem to place less stock in rules, laws and contracts. Their sense of ethics is more situational. . . . Social relations and trust are far more important than paper commitments. Microsoft could not get Beijing to enforce its IP laws for years - until the company spent time and effort developing a relationship with the government . . . Once Microsoft had convinced the Chinese government of its benign intentions, those same laws began to get enforced."

Full post as published by Trademark Blog on April 14, 2009 (boomark / email).