States of Play by Sam Olsen

States of Play by Sam Olsen

The threat to IP: when governments and the private sector collude

It's not just China that has history here

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Sam Olsen
Jan 26, 2021
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Dear all

Last week we looked at how Western intellectual property is reportedly being plundered by entities within China at a staggering scale. Yet no country is perfect. For years there has been talk of the French government bugging business class passengers on Air France flights to glean trade secrets, and Russia is known to grab what it can (including…

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