Interview: Conrad Wong, the USPTO’s man in Guangdong, on protecting rights in China
03 July 2012
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Peter Leung, Hong Kong
Conrad Wong is the IP rights officer at the US Consulate General in Guangzhou. Before he leaves in September after a five-year stint in the role he spoke to Managing IP about what foreign businesses in China can do to maximise their rights
Wong said that the most common mistake he sees US companies making is not being sufficiently prepared to do business in China or sufficiently involved in their Chinese operations.
He said that companies sometimes appear overwhelmed by the cultural differences and the choices in China. People “partner up with the first English speaker they meet”, he said, before returning to the United States after handing over a great many responsibilities to their new business collaborator. The arrangement might work for a few years, Wong explained, but when the partner suddenly disappears with the company’s...
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