You are correct, IP is a bit of a joke in China (oh, the stories I wish I could tell...). You can't rely on the Chinese legal system to protect your IP so you

You are correct, IP is a bit of a joke in China (oh, the stories I wish I could tell...). You can't rely on the Chinese legal system to protect your IP so you have to take a number of technical precautions to ensure that it is extremely difficult to knock off your product even with inside the factory knowledge. My company has gotten burned about this in the past. Needless to say, this all adds cost to your product.