Yup, the Chinese government doesn't really care about infringement unless the IP is Chinese itself and being infringed upon by non-Chinese companies.
I still remember the agency I worked for getting in an industrial designer to create some beautiful cases for some iBeacon hardware we were building. They looked great.
We organise a Chinese company to do the injection moulding and are sent samples that look pretty good, so we decide to use them. Few weeks later we see OUR cases on Alibaba/Aliexpress.
The West/other countries aren't perfect either, but that's not what we're talking about here. _Everyone_ I know who has worked with Chinese manufacturing/businesses has a "they ripped us off" "they sold our hard work to someone else" "they provided lower grade x than was agreed".
And the counterarguments always come down to: "yeah but the West does X" or "you're just being racist".
Chinese companies, especially the ones that do business on Ali-X _LOVE_ this as they can get the IP and use it for $0 and then undercut the original producer of the equipment. Plenty of makers find that their designs on Tindie etc are ripped off and appear on Ali, too.
I still remember the agency I worked for getting in an industrial designer to create some beautiful cases for some iBeacon hardware we were building. They looked great.
We organise a Chinese company to do the injection moulding and are sent samples that look pretty good, so we decide to use them. Few weeks later we see OUR cases on Alibaba/Aliexpress.
The West/other countries aren't perfect either, but that's not what we're talking about here. _Everyone_ I know who has worked with Chinese manufacturing/businesses has a "they ripped us off" "they sold our hard work to someone else" "they provided lower grade x than was agreed".
And the counterarguments always come down to: "yeah but the West does X" or "you're just being racist".
Chinese companies, especially the ones that do business on Ali-X _LOVE_ this as they can get the IP and use it for $0 and then undercut the original producer of the equipment. Plenty of makers find that their designs on Tindie etc are ripped off and appear on Ali, too.