Regarding the protection of know-how, many Western companies are fighting single battles - without a chance to win the war. They do not have a consistent strategy or coordinated measures, but react spontaneously to individual cases. Such an improvising approach does not make sense because the effective fight against the theft of know-how requires calculated, well-aimed and concerted actions and procedures. The task is to bundle the manifold operative measures of IP protection strategy-based to navigate their effects in a particular direction and strengthen them.
In China, no Western company is able to avoid the loss of its know-how completely. But every company is able to raise the barriers for knowledge thieves so much that the theft of know-how becomes too expensive, risky, or time-consuming. The challenge is to make the theft of know-how much more difficult and complicated, so that potential attackers do not start their plan or give it up. Such a strong and lasting blockade requires a comprehensive and coordinated system of know-how-protection. Only an integrated system enables Western companies in China to build up and maintain powerful resistance and defense. Such a system integrates legal, organizational, technical, and political measures.