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Posted on 04/27/2010 1:51:54 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
'Made in China' brands now being faked by foreign copycats
* Source: Global Times
* [08:05 April 27 2010]
By Lin Meilian
Foreign companies often complain that Chinese manufacturers steal patented technology to make shanzhai, or copycat products, at a cheaper price.
Now a Chinese technology company is making a reverse charge that Made in China inventions are being counterfeited overseas.
To mark World Intellectual Property Day Monday, a local newspaper in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, reported that some Chinese companies have not protected their own trademarks and copyrights, resulting in huge economic losses due to the theft of patented technology in both local and overseas markets.
The report in Shenzhen-based Jing Bao quoted Fang Zhen, marketing manager of Crastal Technology (Shenzhen) Company, saying that some of the company's patented products were found to be copied overseas and then imported back to China.
Fang said that he discovered that an electronic pot selling on the US market closely resembles one that his company manufactures during a business visit to the United States earlier this year.
"You can barely tell the difference. The only difference is the producer," he was quoted as saying.
Fang said his company is still calculating its economic losses to the US knock-off product.
"We have put a lot of our resources into investigating intellectual property rights infringement overseas. The legal proceedings take a long time and involve a huge amount of money. The cost of protecting our rights is too high," he said.
He added that the company's electronic pot, with a patent pending, should account for 100 percent of the domestic market, yet commands only an 80 percent share. Competing pots are copies of the company's own invention.
(Excerpt) Read more at business.globaltimes.cn ...
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Wow - you mean there’s even cheaper, crapier stuff than what Walmart has out there? Amazing.
Wait, these idiots are paranoid about some electronic pots! Ha! Is that all you got? What a joke, these Chinese are such hypocrites and are some of the most unfair traders in the World.
What goes round, comes around.
After years of stealing ideas and patent infringement, it's playing just for you, China...
“Fang Zhen, marketing manager of Crastal Technology (Shenzhen) Company, saying that some of the company’s patented products were found to be copied overseas and then imported back to China.”
I’m crying crocodile tears, Fang.
Speaking of China, “Do You Know Where Your Fish Comes From?”
China came up with an original idea?
Who knew?
A badly written article that lacks even the most basic understanding of intellectual property rights.
Trademarks, copyrights, and patents are independent of each other and not interchangeable. You don't have your patent infringed because you did not register a trademark.
That said, if you do not apply for a patent for your invention in a certain country, then anyone is free to use that invention there as they see fit. That is NOT infringement.
You cannot on the one hand whine that patent protection costs money and on the other hand that people will use an invention that is patent-free.
Walmart?
Have you checked all the other places that sell the Chinese crap,like Target,Macy’s,Kohls,Appleseeds,LL Bean,Vermont Country Store, and even some medium priced local shops?
I have items in my home from all of the above,and they were all made in China.
The Chinese junk(pardon the pun),is everywhere,
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