China Patent Agents and IP Attorneys

Chances are the latest Adidas t-shirt you just boughtexisting product, companies have already introduced a
has a 'Made in China' tag on it. No matter what aspectproduct that has better quality or is an improvement
of modern day manufacturing one looks into, China isover the existing product. A good example of the
the land of promise. Organizations all over the US andabove mentioned concept is mobile phones. By the
Europe are investing millions of dollars in outsourcedtime a low cost imitation of a mobile phone is ready,
production centers in China, but piracy andmanufacturers like Nokia and Motorola have already
counterfeiting is still the biggest concern forintroduced an improved product or a higher model. In
organizations. In 2006, US industry lost nearly $512 billionessence, a buyer has no motivation to buy low cost
dollars due to piracy and counterfeiting. Today,imitations as a better product is available.
everything from fake Gucci handbags to spurious carIPR violators have been forced to invest in R&D and
parts are being produced in China.come up with their own mobile phones and there are
China is home to nearly 2/3rds of the world'snumerous low cost Chinese mobile phones available in
counterfeit and pirated goods market, and IPthe market (that have nothing to do with their bigger
(Intellectual Property) rights violation is rampant in China.counterparts). This is why people looking for cheap
The reason why counterfeit products are so cheap ismobile phones prefer buying Chinese made mobile
because counterfeiters can skip investing in R&Dphones. Releasing products at a rapid pace allows
(Research and Development) and copy patentedlarger organizations to keep imitators at bay, and
products and techniques, thus mass produce productsensures that customers buy cheaper products only by
for less. A company manufacturing cheap imitationschoice. The biggest factor in favor of larger
has to spend nothing on advertising, brand building andorganizations is the quality after sales service provided,
quality control. Unfortunately, IPR (Intellectual Propertymaking a consumer's investment in a product
Rights) are being violated in every imaginable field ofworthwhile.
production, and even printed products like books areBlock counterfeiting and imitations
being counterfeited in China.The formulas for products like Coke and KFC are
Given China's current scenario, hiring IP attorneys isamong the most closely guarded secrets on the
just one of the legal measures that organizations canplanet. Companies can analyze their supply and
take to protect their investments. China's legal systemproduction chains to isolate processes that can be
is unusually slow, and even though the Chineseprotected. Instead of protecting the entire supply
government has setup an IPR protection work groupproduction chain, it is simpler to protect vital aspects of
to handle IPR violation cases, a lot more has to bethe production and supply process. For example, KFC
done to prevent further damage to overseashas a single formula for their fried chicken and ready
investors. Almost all major MNCs in China have amade batter is shipped out to centers all over the
team of IP attorneys, but there are other more intuitiveworld (the concept holds true for Coke's
measures being taken by companies to discouragemanufacturing system). The above mentioned concept
counterfeiting. Below is a list of steps being taken byis not restricted to chemical formulas only.
companies to keep spurious products at bay:Organizations can also protect vital components by
Staying ahead of imitatorshaving the final product assembled in China (a
Large organizations simply 'outpace' imitators bytechnique used to protect hi-tech gadgets and
introducing new products and improving products on aelectronics items).
regular basis. By the time imitators catch up with an