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Fake iPhones: Rip-off or Innovation

iPhone in relation to China is in the news again. Stan Abrams of China Hearsay wrote about the alleged looming problems with Apple's iPhone trademark in China, see here. And then I was interviewed by Sophie Pilgrim of France 24, the French BBC so to say, about a video by MacMedics and about iPhones, counterfeiting and what you can do about it.

However, the third point I make about what to do against counterfeiting was not: "Get a strong legal team. This isn?t very useful in China, though, where foreign companies are afraid of saying anything because they want to continue investing in the country, since it?s very cheap to manufacture there."

It must be:

"Register your IPR's (or so you will get a strong legal team). But you need to be willing to litigate. Some foreign companies are afraid of saying anything because they don't want to jeopardise their investments in the country, and they want to keep on manufacturing there, since it is still relatively cheap."

You can check out the interview here.

Full post as published by IP Dragon on July 07, 2009 (boomark / email).