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If push comes to shove, why would you expect China to respect a set of patents that strangle its economic growth?
by dash2 6y ago
If push comes to shove, why would you expect China to respect a set of patents that strangle its economic growth?
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoBecause that would result in a more devastating response from the side that holds patents. If china stops respecting international trade laws and agreements, other nations will hurt china's interests in return. Given the scale of the things, the weak spots will be found inevitably.
- michaelt 6y agoJudging from China's policies towards Uighur Muslims and Hong Kong, I think China isn't very worried about foreign censure.
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoThere is a difference. Nobody in the first world really cares about Uighurs or Hong Kong. However, there are quite a handful of parties who do care about patents (and resulting profits).
- sangnoir 6y agoChina has been pilfering intellectual property from labs & private companies via APTs for the last couple of years: what are the handful of parties who care about patents going to do - write a strongly worded letter? If China decides it wants to get the latest ARM design and/or ISA in the future, do you doubt they can acquire them? Sure, they won't be able to call it "ARM" but you can bet it will be compatible[1]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_Peri#Fiat_Panda_copy_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_Peri#Fiat_Panda_cop...
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoThey wouldn't be able to sell products with this 'acquired' architecture to anyone. Just ask how Huawey sales are doing in US and Europe.
- inglor_cz 6y agoFor internal market, no, but they will have problems selling the pirate copies to the rest of the world. Most rich states do respect intellectual property.