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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (176923)	2/8/2004 11:44:18 PM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 186894

Brian, got to agree with you about this copy . stuff, not only gets old, but a bit scary too. The Chinese government doesn't seem serious enough about protecting foreign IP, as evident in how their courts handled a Toyota logo/IP case recently (where a Chinese firm reportedly stole Toyota's logo). Apparently 400 reported cases of IP transfers (i.e. IP thefts) per year, but much is also unreported too. They need to learn: when someone steals IP, you throw them in jail for a few years, if anything to prove you are serious about IP protection. You don't let them out for an easy $30/day fee to do it again. Like the Nissan CEO said, doesn't China want to grow? I think the entire world (Japan, USA, Europe, India) needs to take a united position on IP theft in China. At least India threw the guys in jail that stole $65M in IP theft from our VCs here. And at least Turkey ruled against the thieves of Motorola's $1.5B (yes a billion dollar IP theft - our USA executives are way too naive about international issues.) How a country handles IP theft is really key. Know of many businesses that won't go there and start divisions there simply because of the IP theft. That ultimately hurts China, so you would think they would be motivated to clean this IP theft up. Thought Communism had tight ropes on people so could create a low-crime environment, but apparently not. As far as wifi goes, I really don't know what the right decision is for Broadcom and Intel. Don't know what's going on here as it's not my area. Certainly sounds like a big decision with possibly some scary consequences either way. If I were Intel, I'd get the skinny on the 11 companies, including all the people within the firms, and really do some informal due diligence on finding out what's up. Truly don't know the real situation there, but it wouldn't take too much work for an Intel person to do some deep digging and find out what's up, if anything. As a shareholder, I'd support any decision that's good for the long-term, even if it hurts the short-term (can always write covered calls in the interim.) This is one of those issues they need to be careful about and make sure they have the skinny from all levels of this overseas, not just the top. I've personally heard of one cool Mainland China guy that'll help a person navigate through some of these potential landmines. Educated people understand the value in promoting ethics and how ultimately that'll help their country grow. Maybe nothing is going on over there but my concerns are valid given the many examples of IP theft and a perceived lack of visible enforcement action by the country. Am keeping my fingers crossed. Regards, Amy J

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (176923)	3/4/2004 8:07:49 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

"US tells China to get off its wi-fi case " Colin Powell intervenes By INQUIRER staff: Thursday 04 March 2004, 11:38 THE US GOVERNMENT has sent a stiff note to the dictators in China telling them not to stop the importation of wireless equipment. See China in war with foreigners over wi-fi. The letter, from Colin Powell, commerce secretary Don Evans and trade rep Robert Zoellick follows howling from US high tech companies which have complained about Chinese plans to make imports conform to its own home grown encryption standards. The WSJ reports that the letter is the latest move in trade skirmishes between the US and China. China has rules which may breach World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules on free trade. theinquirer.net Regards, Amy J