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Is there any concern that the PRC issues are just a symptom of a developing nation bootstrapping? What are the chances that India does the same? Obviously Chin

Is there any concern that the PRC issues are just a symptom of a developing nation bootstrapping? What are the chances that India does the same? Obviously China has some specific cultural issues but it might be hard for developing nations to resist the temptation to steal Western tech.

techie128 7y ago
I believe India has had a better track record than China as far as IP is concerned. The only concern I would have is India's patent laws are different from the US. Evergreening of drugs has been repeatedly rejected.
- perfopt 7y ago
  "Evergreening of drugs has been repeatedly rejected" Why is this a concern?
  - techie128 7y ago
    I was citing this as an example of India’s legal system diverging from US.
saidajigumi 7y ago
it might be hard for developing nations to resist the temptation to steal Western tech. IMO this contains a major misconception: that any country/region/etc that takes on a production role does not also intrinsically gain competency in that kind of production. If company X goes to country Y to produce a product, then X is "teaching" Y how to do that kind of production, period. No "stealing" necessary. This is a big part of a positive feedback cycle that has driven China's current manufacturing base. Not just China – I've seen it cited in a few places that Apple itself, by heavily relying on Samsung as an early iPhone supplier, helped significantly to establish Samsung as a major smartphone competitor.
mc32 7y ago
There are two main issues with IP and China. One is outright theft (the old fashioned way), Two is forcing local ownership and IP sharing. It's the latter that's most problematic for foreign businesses mfg in China. India AFAIK, unlike China and Russia, doesn't contractually force foreign concerns to hand over IP.
- rasz 7y ago
  other than drug patents
Arun2009 7y ago
> What are the chances that India does the same? The saving grace (in my opinion) is that India is vastly more susceptible to pressure from outside than China. Indian government can't simply impose a policy and expect the population to fall in line. If western sanctions make lives difficult for India's industry or the common citizens, the government will have to backtrack pretty much immediately.

techie128 7y ago

I believe India has had a better track record than China as far as IP is concerned. The only concern I would have is India's patent laws are different from the US. Evergreening of drugs has been repeatedly rejected.

perfopt 7y ago
"Evergreening of drugs has been repeatedly rejected" Why is this a concern?
- techie128 7y ago
  I was citing this as an example of India’s legal system diverging from US.

saidajigumi 7y ago

it might be hard for developing nations to resist the temptation to steal Western tech. IMO this contains a major misconception: that any country/region/etc that takes on a production role does not also intrinsically gain competency in that kind of production. If company X goes to country Y to produce a product, then X is "teaching" Y how to do that kind of production, period. No "stealing" necessary. This is a big part of a positive feedback cycle that has driven China's current manufacturing base. Not just China – I've seen it cited in a few places that Apple itself, by heavily relying on Samsung as an early iPhone supplier, helped significantly to establish Samsung as a major smartphone competitor.

mc32 7y ago

There are two main issues with IP and China. One is outright theft (the old fashioned way), Two is forcing local ownership and IP sharing. It's the latter that's most problematic for foreign businesses mfg in China. India AFAIK, unlike China and Russia, doesn't contractually force foreign concerns to hand over IP.

rasz 7y ago
other than drug patents

Arun2009 7y ago

> What are the chances that India does the same? The saving grace (in my opinion) is that India is vastly more susceptible to pressure from outside than China. Indian government can't simply impose a policy and expect the population to fall in line. If western sanctions make lives difficult for India's industry or the common citizens, the government will have to backtrack pretty much immediately.