It seems just about anything an innovator or entrepreneur produces in the United States, someone in China will copy it, make 1 million copies, put them into a cargo containers and ship them all over the world to sell at a lower price. This drives people nuts, and it also causes a lack of investment in new businesses in the US. After all, why would any investor or venture capitalists invest in a consumer product which was easily copied? It just wouldn't make sense.
Unless you can roll it out, and ramp it up quick, well, the reality is that you still couldn't compete. The Chinese would make knockoffs and copies in a matter of months. And there is no way you can sue for intellectual property violations because the court system in China doesn't work the same way as it does in the US, and it is so typical it's expected. Some believe this is because the Chinese have a different philosophy when it comes to imitation, they actually think they are complimenting you by copying your product.
Although this may sound outrageous to most business people in the United States, you must realize that up until recently China didn't have any patent rules, and until they joined the WTO, no one was making them follow intellectual property rules. In any case if you think their philosophy is somehow jaded consider if you will that even here in the United States we have a similar philosophical theory when it comes to imitation. After all, you've heard the quote; "imitation is the highest form of flattery."
In China, everyone copied everyone else, when one farmer had a good idea, and it was working the word got around and soon everyone was doing it. There was nothing wrong with it, it made sense. You see, in the United States we think of things differently, because we think in terms of copyright and patent laws here.
Soon, in the future what we will see is that China will grow up, and demand intellectual property rights of their own innovations, inventions, ideas, and concepts. And at that point they won't want anyone to copy their products either.
Of course, some new country that is going from Third World to first world at a rapid pace will surely do the same thing they've done to others, and probably for about the same reasons. Perhaps, you will consider this, and it will take away any anger you have, because you will understand from their point of view. Please think on it at least.
Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes if you want hard-hitting business articles or online content, then you need to go to http://www.bloggingcontent.com.
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