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Does China really steal intellectual property?
Recent years have seen increased involvement by China’s intelligence service in the theft of IP: since 2014, responsibility for stealing American IP has shifted from cyber operations conducted by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to insider-focused operations conducted by the Ministry of State Security (MSS), the …
What does China steal from the US?
Chinese hackers have stolen information on the Patriot missile system, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and the U.S. Navy’s new Littoral combat ship. These blueprints of U.S. weapon and control systems were stolen to advance the development of Chinese weaponry.
How is intellectual property theft committed?
In order to qualify as theft, intellectual property typically has to be used without the consent of the owner. Another example of IP theft is if an employee of a restaurant steals the secret recipe for a popular item on the menu and uses that recipe to make their own food item.
Will China’s crackdown on intellectual property theft help the US economy?
If Beijing cracks down hard on intellectual property thefts, it would not only boost the U.S. economy but it would also be good for China, according to the former deputy director of the National Economic Council, Clete Willems. Ultimately, “better intellectual property protection means more investment in China,” he said.
Should China be punished for its “theft”?
While much legal and political capital is spent on intellectual property theft, we should be asking a more basic question: should intellectual property rights exist in the first place? If the answer is no, China should not be punished for its “theft” even if it has acted as charged.
How much do China’s trade secrets theft efforts cost US?
In advance of Thursday’s event, Evanina estimated the theft of American trade secrets by China costs the United States “anywhere from $300bn to $600bn” a year. The FBI data shows an aggressively stepped-up campaign by US authorities to root out Chinese espionage operations pursuing American secrets.
What are some examples of intellectual property theft in the US?
One of the most recent high profile examples of theft of US intellectual property happened earlier this year. In January, a Beijing-based wind turbine company was found guilty in the US of stealing trade secrets, using secretly downloaded source code stolen from a Massachusetts company.