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ARTICLE · 31 MAY 2013

The rise of IP in China

The importance of IP is rapidly being appreciated in China and this is being matched by a growing Chinese IP community.

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Is it worth getting IP rights in China? Ceri Wells tracks the change of thinking towards intellectual property that's rapidly taking hold in the world's second-largest economy.

Opinions are frequently offered about the difficulty of obtaining IP1 rights in China, and how they are likely to be ignored and are next to impossible to enforce.

I shouldn't be surprised therefore when clients question whether it is worth getting IP rights in China, but I am.

Why wouldn't anyone with intellectual property2 rights to exploit, want to do so in China? China offers so much opportunity now, and greater opportunities in the future:

  • China is the second largest economic power in the world and it will shortly eclipse the United States

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