Software Patents and Piracy in China

Chinese software patents and pirated software abstract software patents pose many problems in the development of the IT industry. As a legal act to protect ownership and intellectual property, software patents apply to a wide range of codes, from source code to processes and operating systems. It "provides proprietor with an exclusive right or problematic process for profit using product." 1 This article describes the general background and impact of software patents. After introducing the current laws and conditions of China and the United States, with Microsoft

Survey of software piracy in China - software piracy has no moral value. BSA Statistics 30 1. Introduction According to the 7th Annual World Software Piracy Survey of the Business Software Alliance software piracy is a cumbersome world problem. There are no countries that do not have it, but the piracy rate of software varies widely around the world. Vietnam was rated as the biggest failure point in 2001, the piracy rate is high at 94%, the disparity between China and Indonesia is small (92% and 88% respectively).

Russia is the country with the highest piracy rate next to China. Russia's software piracy rate is close to 90%. 12 As in China, Russia also ignores software piracy. The government there did not solve this problem. Like the Chinese government, the Russian government must also publish the unethical behavior of software piracy. They have to pass more stringent laws and enforce them. The current Russian piracy problem has a major impact on other parts of the world, including the United States.

The piracy rate of the latest worldwide software piracy copies provided by Russian Business Software Alliance is currently 80% (as of 2006). This proportion was the result of the Russian government gradually addressing piracy at the border, declining from the previous year. US trading officials cited Russia as "priority watch list" next to China. Piracy of copyright infringement is also prevalent in the United States as in Canada. The methods used for the infringement of intellectual property rights used by international pirates, the terms used for pirated material are very familiar. China and Hong Kong are the main offenders of copyright law on the protection of intellectual property rights such as digital media. But they are not the only ones who want to earn their own money with pirated media or other items. Russia, Spain and Mexico are also international contributors of crime.