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[quote=ERENCIUS,244153]Actually mentalities have to evolve in coordination with the law. The problem is that law here has been imported from foreign countries and still now means not so many things to Chinese people. To understand the use of it, they need to produce something they need to protect, and the products in this situation are not so numerous in China. They need to inovate, to create something. The few inovations they invented are not popular among the people. So for now the protection is just necessary for foreigners and I don't see why Chinese people, whose standard of living is quite low, shall feel concerned about it, they simply cannot pay the price of it. They need to create something, if it is copied maybe they'll feel the need to protect it.
But what is quite surprising to me even is the ability and the tradition of making copies in China. During the Antiquity Chinese painter attributed the painting of their predecessors to themselves using some kind of stamps. The official exams to become a civil servant used to be reciting the masterpieces of Confucius or any other classic author. By now they copy foreign products but also Chinese ones.
The main problem doesn't come from the central government who tries is best to issue a lot of legal text about it. The problem comes mainly from the smaller administrative divisions of China: If you have to choose between economical growth and respecting the law protecting another country's product, the choice is obvious. The central government knows it of course but won't intervene, it is too profitable.
Actually IP law is not the only law that shall be implemented (I will elude the subject of Human Rights and Labor Law that can create some tension among Chinese people), competition law is really to be improved if not created. Who hasn't noticed yet in any market that all the retailers are selling the same products at the same price. Once I even saw one that disagreed on the price (wanted to sell at a cheaper price) he just got beaten by the others.
By now in Europe at least, the "made in China" is begining to threaten the consumer because of the many recent issues about the quality of these imported products :toothpaste containing antifreeze, toys poisonning kids, cacinogenic and highly flammable tissues and so on: mostly because of the cost of the raw material (dangerous material are cheaper because the demand for it is low). This problem is a problem of standard of living: people with higher incomes usually request better quality products. And copies quality is usually quite bad though it is improving.
So it is about time: more inovation and a better standard of living should be the key to solve the problem (unless copies quality matches with branded products).[/quote]

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