International Law,
Intellectual Property
Nov. 14, 2013
The sword and the shield: trade secrets law in China
The landscape of trade secrets in China is fraught with contradictions.
Pooja S. Nair
Partner
Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP
Email: pnair@ecjlaw.com
Pooja is a litigation attorney who has represented clients in the health care, life sciences, and banking industries in state and federal court, and has handled delicate compliance issues and internal investigations. She is a member of the firm's food and beverage department.
China has had a notoriously complicated relationship with intellectual property rights. The country has a rich history of invention, and many innovations that were critical to the development of global civilization, such as sericulture, gunpowder and porcelain, were first developed in China. China's first trade secret, the art of making silk, was so closely guarded that any individual who revealed the process or tried to smuggle silkworm eggs or cocoons outside the country could be punis...
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