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I think the West is finally waking up to the rampant IP theft that China perpetrates, and how their growth is fueled by this. Regardless of what you say about
by metacritic12 8y ago
I think the West is finally waking up to the rampant IP theft that China perpetrates, and how their growth is fueled by this.
Regardless of what you say about Brexit or Trump, the part of the populism movement that resonates across the spectrum is that there have been a few state actors that have been taking advantage of the Washington-consensus world order.
Democrats and Republicans alike, and Labour and Tories alike, are more or less in their dismay toward China and Russia.
People across the west and the spectrum are waking up to the reality of how China grows.
- GreeniFi 8y agoI run a business at risk of IP theft and this worries me. But sometimes I also wonder if in reality IP is a fairly weak premise for a business (I know...sleepless nights this issue gives me), precisely because (1) it’s so easily stealable, and (2) a lot of cultures don’t really seem to view IP as property, which is a western-centric point of view. And then I think we’ve been mad in the West to construct economies on IP creation rather than manufacturing, just because, well, who will we sue?
- sjg007 8y agoWell you sue the Chinese in the us and then seize Chinese us assets to pay damages or you get into a trade war...
- GreeniFi 8y agoHaha.
- guiriduro 8y agoIP theft is usually (but not always) a needless worry - at least it comes way behind proving a product:market fit. Being the best (aligned to your customer) source of a solution normally trumps being the only source. That said, some investors or specific highly competitive marketplaces may favour an IP-protected solution.
- GreeniFi 8y agoI think that’s the conclusion I’ve reached. Thanks for your response.