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And for Vobile, it may be the first two in a series of agreements that cement the startup as the go-to service for copyright filtering in China.
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Rampant copyright piracy in Asia, especially in China, is a massive and intractable problem for the software, entertainment and luxury industries.
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But Wang advised that keeping up pressure on China about trade issues has been effective, particularly in the area of copyright.
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David Hedley Jones, the company's business development director, belongs to a European Union-China group on copyright infringement, trying to slow the spread of contraband cubes in Europe.
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Though both Germany and China have signed the Bern Convention, which in theory extends U.S.-style copyright protections to those countries, suing abroad is a costly and time-consuming process, says Gregory Rutchik, head of the Arts and Technology Law Group.
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