A worker checks on robot arms at a factory in Nanjing in east China’s Jiangsu province in June 2019. Both Chinese and British firms do not perform adequate due diligence. Photo: AP A worker checks on robot arms at a factory in Nanjing in east China’s Jiangsu province in June 2019. Both Chinese and British firms do not perform adequate due diligence. Photo: AP
A worker checks on robot arms at a factory in Nanjing in east China’s Jiangsu province in June 2019. Both Chinese and British firms do not perform adequate due diligence. Photo: AP
Nicolas Groffman
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The View by Nicolas Groffman

Intellectual property theft: what Chinese and British firms should worry about

  • Chinese companies are more vulnerable to data leaks through social media communications than foreign state-sponsored intellectual property theft
  • Meanwhile, British companies should discard the belief that transparency buys trust

Nicolas Groffman
Nicolas Groffman

Updated: 4:02am, 24 Jun, 2020

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A worker checks on robot arms at a factory in Nanjing in east China’s Jiangsu province in June 2019. Both Chinese and British firms do not perform adequate due diligence. Photo: AP A worker checks on robot arms at a factory in Nanjing in east China’s Jiangsu province in June 2019. Both Chinese and British firms do not perform adequate due diligence. Photo: AP
A worker checks on robot arms at a factory in Nanjing in east China’s Jiangsu province in June 2019. Both Chinese and British firms do not perform adequate due diligence. Photo: AP
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Nicolas Groffman

Nicolas Groffman

Nicolas, who practised law in Beijing and Shanghai, is a partner at law firm Harrison Clark Rickerbys in London