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I believe it was one of the conditions of them joining one of those world economic bodies, but I don't have the details to hand. Niall Ferguson's book "Civilisation - The West and The Rest" details the patent figures up to (I think) 2009 and China would pass the US soon afterwards based on the long running trend.
The main idea of pointing that out though was to make people aware that China is no longer just a cheap factory for all our stuff.
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But you do have the details at hand. Or rather, parked outside:
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I could have saved some money on George it seems.
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Maybe - these are not available, yet, from China - its only a matter of time.
If I was Mr Smart or Mr Toyota, I would be annoyed.
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Mr. Smart and Mr. Toyota aren't going to get anywhere in a Chinese court, and for the same reason that those Chinese cars aren't going to get exported anywhere that has an actual government. China doesn't recognize IP, no matter what international agreements you can find on the web. The number of patents they issue is limited only by the speed they can translate foreign patents into Chinese.