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Ask HN: How to patent stuff in China? Is it a scam?
If I patent software in the US & EU, I know that those patents wont be patented in China. I also know that US&EU patents are usually treated like 5 min cookbook recipes for Chinese companies that are stealing tech. How do I prevent my tech getting stolen by Chinese companies? If I register a patent there would it actually work?
- zoobab 7y agoAlice and the EPC should be enough to make software patents invalid in the US and in the EU.
- quotz 7y agoAlice and the EPC?
- whb07 7y agoIf you don't patent it, then how will anyone know what exactly it is that you're doing and how? So then how can they copy?
- quotz 7y agoI like your answer, however, its better to patent it because sooner or later someone else is going to come up with the same thing.