Tuesday, December 16, 2008

China and Russia Sign Intellectual Property Agreement For Military-Technical Cooperation



According to a translation by RIA Novosti of the Russian newspapers Vedomosti and Kommersant, the Russian-Chinese inter-governmental commission for military-technical cooperation met in Beijing for the first time in the past three years to sign an agreement on copyright [what is probably meant is intellectual property, including copyright IP Dragon] protection in the field of military-technical cooperation on December 11, 2008.

RIA Novosti wrote that copyright [what is probably meant is intellectual property, including copyright IP Dragon] protection is a serious problem for Russian military products.

It alleged that China's People's Liberation Army copied for example the following Russian military products:
  • Antonov An-12 Cub (RU) See left picture became Y-8 military cargo plane (CN) See right picture;
  • An-24 Coke transport aircraft (RU) became Modern Ark MA-60 regional aircraft (CN);
  • X-55 cruise missile (RU) became C-602 missile (CN);
  • AL-31F aircraft engine (RU) became Tai Hung WS-10 aircraft engine (CN).

Read the RIA Novosti article here. (last article on the webpage)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

We strongly disagree. China makes giant progress in IPR protection.

http://english.pladaily.com.cn/site2/news-channels/2008-11/27/content_1563109.htm

IP Dragon said...

Dear commenter,

Nobody is denying that China has made great progress in IPR protection and enforcement. However, there is still room for improvement.

And about the article about which I blogged, I wrote: "alleged" infringements.

Cheers,
Danny

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