Have patent, will travel
A new generation of Chinese companies wants to play by the rules
IN CENTRAL Shenzhen, the futuristic boomtown adjacent to Hong Kong, a savvy shopper can haggle a “Prada” handbag down to HK$80 ($10.25), a tiny fraction of what the authentic version costs in Hong Kong. This sums up the state of China's intellectual-property laws. But across town, where many of China's private-sector high-tech companies are based, a different future is germinating.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Have patent, will travel”
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