I spoke last week on China IP at Columbia University. During my talk, I mentioned how common it is for the Chinese side in a licensing or a joint venture deal (or really any deal) to claim that the law requires the foreign company to transfer ownership of IP for the deal to go through…. Continue Reading
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China’s 2nd Tier Cities For Business.
Posted in China BusinessA while back Patrick Chovanec did a post on China’s second tier cities, entitled, “China Radio: China’s Nine Nations and 2nd-Tier Cities.” In that post he discussed his radio interview in which he had talked about how companies like Retailers like Wal-mart, Carrefour, Pizza Hut and KFC have been “among the most aggressive in reaching”… Continue Reading


