Comment by elif
100% agree. It's clearest to see in China. IP has been transformed from a mechanism to maintain competition and into a mechanism to maintain market control.
100% agree. It's clearest to see in China. IP has been transformed from a mechanism to maintain competition and into a mechanism to maintain market control.
European countries "acquired" quite a few Chinese trade secrets in the past. And from eachother to be fair.
IP is one of those things you invent once you made it to the top.
Given that market control is one of the few ultimate gating factors that makes you thrive or die as a company, it’s no surprise that anything that could be used as a mechanism to maintain market control would be.