Re:Former Harvard chemistry chair to stand trial for alleged...
by bettysdiagnose on Friday December 17, 2021 @07:47AM
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The fact is that the US industrial revolution began with an act of industrial espionage against the UK. That the US did end up contributing to the industrial revolution is neither here nor there, as it's also true that China is contributing meaningfully to the technological advancement of humanity now as well.
This is a standard case of one rising power coming up agains the incumbent. They'll do what they have to do to catch up, just as you did what you had to do ~150 years ago. Saying that, I hope China isn't ultimately successful due to their total disregard for human rights, but getting all bent out of shape over this trade secrets stuff is silly.
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Re:Former Harvard chemistry chair to stand trial for alleged...
by coupdejarnac on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @12:52PM
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I'd love to read some case studies where Chinese courts uphold the IP rights of foreign companies.
Re:Former Harvard chemistry chair to stand trial for alleged...
by szhsh on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @01:41PM
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In the first half of 2019, foreign companies won 68% of their cases in the Beijing IP court.[0] Foreign companies are much more often plaintiffs than defendants, though the balance is supposedly shifting (Chinese companies are becoming more assertive about their own IP rights).
An example: John Deere has won judgments against a bunch of Chinese companies that used similar names to it.[1]
0. https://www.ccpit-patent.com.cn/node/11255
1. https://www.kwm.com/en/cn/knowledge/insights/final-judgment-...
Re:Former Harvard chemistry chair to stand trial for alleged...
by coupdejarnac on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:45PM
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Thanks. I'd be curious to know about the context of the cases of foreign companies winning IP lawsuits in China.
The US contributed as much new, prominent technology to the industrial revolution as any other nation. A quick trip down the list of prominent US inventions of the era nicely demonstrates that. There's no foundation to claim that the US stole more technology than Britain did going the other direction. It's a Reddit-knowledge bumper sticker claim that is almost exclusively utilized in threads like this one, and is never substantially supported in discussion (because it's exceptionally difficult to prove that US technology theft was meaningfully out of line with what eg major European economic powers were doing during the industrial revolution).