Intellectual Property Asia

The German government has announced that it will use its forthcoming EU presidency to put pressure on China to improve its protection for intellectual property. It will be interesting to see what the German government intends to do - other than to keep on applying pressure to the Chinese government. Part of the problem, however, is that many European companies have not bothered to register trade marks, designs or patents in China and then are surprised that their rights are copied. The same thing happens to companies who fail to register their rights in the European Union - the ideas can be copied without hindrance. The German Supreme Court has continually emphasised the need to file for intellectual property protection if companies want to protect their ideas.

Copy of the press release:
http://www.bmj.de/enid/099bbd52d587204371368a58a5272f05,da76fc706d635f6964092d0933383135093a0979656172092d0932303036093a096d6f6e7468092d093132093a095f7472636964092d0933383135/Pressemitteilungen_und_Reden/Pressemitteilungen_58.html