>Those of you who know me, know my disdain China and their war against the US (and the West). Read the whole article - China is trying to take us down. “Read carefully what China is saying about IP – and it becomes clear what they are really doing. “Which is setting themselves up to be the recipient of the massive investment coin that will leave the US – as our IP protection continues to deteriorate. “What China is establishing – is the latest version of their China First protectionism. “China has spent the last several decades doing this to other US economic sectors – most notably manufacturing. The IP pattern and plot-line…is disarmingly similar.” China Makes Itself More Attractive for IP Creation — the US Makes Itself Much Less So: “China stole US manufacturing. Now they are looking to steal US IP creation. And, as we did with manufacturing, we are very stupidly helping them do it. “Just as with manufacturing before, China is offering you all sorts of crony protections, subsidies, and benefits — if you move your IP creation to China. China Issues 115 Point Outline for Building a Powerful Intellectual Property Country: “On January 4, 2022, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) published the 2021-2022 Outline for Building a Powerful Intellectual Property Country and the Annual Promotion Plan for the Implementation of the 14th Five-Year Plan comprising 115 points in 7 categories. “The categories include: “Improving the intellectual property system (i.e., amending the Anti-Monopoly Law); “Strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights (i.e., formulate interpretations re punitive damages in civil IP cases); “Improving the operating mechanism of the intellectual property market (i.e., improve quality control for patent and trademark examination); “Improving the level of public services for intellectual property (i.e., increase open sharing of intellectual property data); “Creating a good humanistic and social environment for intellectual property rights (i.e., celebrate World Intellectual Property Day); “Deepen participation in global intellectual property governance (i.e., actively participate in the World Intellectual Property Organization and World Trade Organization); “And strengthen organizational guarantees (i.e., formulate various implementation plans for IP). “Of particular interest are plans to revise the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People’s Republic of China, Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China, Provisions on Regulating Patent Application Behavior, and Provisions on the Protection of Trade Secrets. “On the copyright side, there are plans to amend the Regulations on the Implementation of the Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China, Regulations on Copyright Collective Management, Trial Measures for Voluntary Registration of Works, Measures for the Registration of Computer Software Copyrights, Measures for the Implementation of Copyright Administrative Penalties, and advance the legislation of the Regulations on Copyright Protection of Folklore and Art Works. “The Supreme People’s Court will formulate the Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law on Punitive Compensation for Civil Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights and the Provisions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Drug Patent Linkage Disputes as well as the Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People’s Republic of China.”