Is intellectual property in China actually useful?
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Is intellectual property in China actually useful? It seems that the repetition rate in patent applications is quite high, resulting in high costs for protecting rights. I am not very talented, but I have applied for several core patents in this industry; applying for 10 more wouldn’t be a problem for me. However, I no longer feel that sense of excitement I had when I applied for my first patent. Patent infringement is severe in China; how can one protect their rights and how can those who seek to profit without working be held accountable? It is productivity that drives social progress, and it is the ability to identify and solve problems that drives product improvement. A company with the capability to continuously identify and solve problems will surely remain unbeatable in competition. Copy it, go beyond it!
Everything is getting better! I believe that those who make mistakes will surely be held accountable!
Indeed, protecting intellectual property rights requires considerable effort and significant financial resources, but overall, there is a growing sense of respect for intellectual property and awareness of its protection within society. I also have patents, and I know that some companies are stealing them. Well, I suppose it’s a way to contribute to society.
The costs of protecting rights are high, so state-owned enterprises do not pay attention to it and abuse the situation
If your patent is merely a utility model with limited technical complexity, it is indeed difficult to protect it; it is common for others to copy it or bypass its key technologies. In the case of invention patents, they generally involve a higher level of technical complexity and are more specialized; as a result, they are less likely to be copied, and it is easier to protect them. If it is a design, then the level of protection and the difficulty of enforcement are even greater.
My patent is protected by my own protection technology, and that protection technology itself is a patent. I don’t rely on the law.
Applying for patents is of little use in the domestic industry, at least in the chemical sector; especially in state-owned enterprises, it is rare for them to pay patent fees to the inventors. Instead, they often engage in preliminary cooperation involving a small amount of funding to obtain relevant information, use it to reverse-engineer the technology, and then replicate it, under the pretense of promoting local production. These are all remnants from the past. Because of patents in the chemical industry, such as those related to catalysts and additives, it is less difficult to copy them than to develop them from scratch. In cases of disputes, the evidence is often unclear and insufficient, making it hard to hold anyone accountable. As for other industries, such as mechanical engineering, electronics, and pharmaceuticals, when there are clear structural formulas or definitions of components, it is easy to hold someone accountable; therefore, the situation is different. However, there have indeed been cases of imitation and subsequent accountability when foreign catalysts were registered for patents in China, but such cases are not common; many companies can produce and sell these catalysts internally without them entering the market. If products are to be sold on the market and there are strong competitors, especially in export markets, patents and intellectual property rights become useful.
Yes, but as mentioned, the costs associated with pursuing rights are too high; it’s better not to do so. In other words, it exists but is not practical to use.
Many inventions and creations in the workplace fall under job-related patents; generally, one only has the right to be credited as an inventor, while the actual benefits often go to the organization, which is why many people lack motivation.
If you develop products of your own interest independently, without using the company’s platform (and those products are not related to the company’s products either), then it has nothing to do with the company, right?