Priorities have been FTAs, intellectual property rights protection, export credit financing, technology release -- which you haven't commented on, but you've made some progress on -- and business and tourist visa processes -- and you know the list.
"We have a very good working relationship with the Chinese authorities, " Lucy Nichols, Nokia's global director of intellectual property rights and brand protection, told CNN.
Only exports most affected by the China-ASEAN pact are to be freed on signature in June, and agreements on intellectual-property rights and investment-protection are to be negotiated.
And one of the problems that we have had is insufficient protection for intellectual property rights.
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Inadequate protection of intellectual property rights also remains a top concern, although survey respondents noted some improvements over the past year.
Protection of intellectual property rights is essential for businesses to conduct their affairs and government would be negligent if it failed to protect those rights.
Innovation and the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) go hand in hand, and are two topics that come up frequently in discussions about China.
U.S. negotiators to the U.S.-Soviet Trade Agreement were reportedly unable to obtain assurances from the Soviets on two key items of concern to the American business community: (1) profit repatriation, and (2) protection of intellectual property rights.
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And, finally, the protection of intellectual property rights has improved significantly, and that should help local entrepreneurs and foreign entities set up shop in China without the fear that they are days away from having their intellectual property ripped off.
While there are many structural inhibitors the educational system, government control, the protection of intellectual property rights, capital to the development of creative companies in China today, most, if not all, of these inhibitors will diminish over time.
As a place to do business, the United States offers a hardworking, diverse, and educated workforce, strong protection of intellectual property rights, a predictable and transparent legal system, relatively low taxes, highly developed infrastructure, and access to the world's most lucrative consumer market.
He suggests that political and military espionage can be dealt with at the diplomatic level, which I have long supported, and that economic espionage should be approached in ways analogous to and derived from current frameworks for the regulation and protection of intellectual property rights.
The proposal was not accepted but one year later, a governmental experts meeting, organized with the assistance of UNESCO and WIPO in Tunis, started working on the draft of a model law referring to the protection of intellectual property rights applicable to such cultural manifestations.
The Lanham Act is typically associated with intellectual property rights, such as copyright or trademark protection.
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Likewise, the administration has done little to offer vigorous protection of American intellectual property rights, which impacts a much broader array of U.S. business interests.
International experience also suggests that such protection can strengthen significantly when indigenous intellectual property rights become dominant.
And despite persistent efforts by the Chinese government to protect intellectual property rights, survey respondents still describe a weak system of protection.
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