When China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001 it was thought the move would induce the nation to toe the line on the theft of intellectual property within its borders, but that hasn’t been the case — and it won’t be until the Asian giant steps up its efforts at innovation, according to one IP attorney. “Until China becomes more of a producer of IP, I suspect that it won’t become more responsive to the issue,” Emily Miao, an intellectual property attorney with McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff in Chicago, told TechNewsWorld.
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Innovation Best Antidote for Piracy in China
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. June 22, 2006 08:07 AMWhen China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001 it was thought the move would induce the nation to toe the line on the theft of intellectual property within its borders, but that hasn’t been the case — and it won’t be until the Asian giant steps up its efforts at innovation, according to one IP attorney. “Until China becomes more of a producer of IP, I suspect that it won’t become more responsive to the issue,” Emily Miao, an intellectual property attorney with McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff in Chicago, told TechNewsWorld.