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Article: The Challenges Of Trade Mark Protection In China.(Intellectual property rights)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- December 4, 2006
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China is still the world's leading producer of pirated goods - from DVDs to clothing, from sports goods to construction materials.
China introduced patent, copyright and trade mark laws and signed various treaties concerning IP rights in the early 1980s. Since then China has continued to bring in different laws and regulations to improve protection for IP rights but enforcing the law is proving to be difficult.
There are several reasons why the enforcement of IP laws is difficult in China. The vast size of the country makes it difficult with the limited judicial resources the country has for law enforcement. Local courts are struggling with the ...