Comment by LordDragonfang
15 hours ago
> if the US wants their patents to be respected, they have to respect the worlds.
The Chinese market is notorious for not respecting patents, though, so clearly that isn't working.
15 hours ago
> if the US wants their patents to be respected, they have to respect the worlds.
The Chinese market is notorious for not respecting patents, though, so clearly that isn't working.
I recall reading 10+ years ago that Chinese economists were calling for stronger IP laws in China to accelerate their technical progress. Maybe the government listened.
This matches the economic literature [1] about the historical development of other industrialized nations as well, including the US. The theory is: when a country is starting to industrialize, they prefer weak IP rights to reduce friction in copying and learning rapidly ("knowledge diffusion".) However, when their industries mature, develop a strong technical base, and start competing by pushing the state of the art through their own inventions, they tend to prefer strong IP rights to protect their investments in R&D.
It is pretty clear China has reached that stage.
[1] There is a lot more out there, but this is what I could find offhand: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jid.3844?ms...