Pryroda Engineering

Intellectual property protection is improving in China. A good news for anyone doing technology transfer/licensing to Chinese companies.
The article has also a practical use for our company: what were the law firms involved in the case described in the articles? We may want to hire them.

Apr 23rd 2009
From The Economist print edition

Chinese companies are enforcing patents against foreign firms

FOR over a decade Schneider Electric of France has bombarded a Chinese firm, Chint Group, with lawsuits accusing it of copying its technology. But the tables turned on April 15th when the two companies settled an infringement case—with the French firm forking over $23m to Chint. The rich settlement against a foreign firm is a landmark. It serves as a reminder that Chinese companies are just as eager to defend patents as Western firms, and that China’s intellectual-property regime has been tightened in recent years.

Link to the full article on economist.com