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ARTICLE · 22 JULY 2024

Protecting Your IP From An Increasingly Rapacious China

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With the fraying of relations between China and the West, Chinese companies are becoming increasingly concerned about their ability to maintain long-term relationships with foreign companies.

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China IP Risks are Rising

With the fraying of relations between China and the West, Chinese companies are becoming increasingly concerned about their ability to maintain long-term relationships with foreign companies. Add in a flailing Chinese economy and you can understand why the incidence of Chinese companies "grabbing" IP from the foreign companies with which they conduct business is skyrocketing. Desperate companies do desperate things.

A Real-Life Example of China IP Theft

Our International IP lawyers are frequently hearing about these issues, often through panicked emails.

The below is an amalgamation of a few recently received emails, modified to make them more general so as not to reveal the senders:

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