tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post7662373262688905861..comments2023-11-05T06:06:12.057-06:00Comments on The 271 Patent Blog: Thursday ShortsTwo-Seventy-One Patent Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02481083706071978817noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-41078005929900999162011-01-11T14:15:56.294-06:002011-01-11T14:15:56.294-06:00China's rapid ascendancy in IP (especially pat...China's rapid ascendancy in IP (especially <a href="http://smallbusiness.aol.com/2010/05/10/how-to-file-a-patent/" rel="nofollow">patents</a>) shows that the US outsourcing trend has come back to bite us. It seems many US companies that decided to save a few dollars by outsourcing ended up shooting themselves in the foot -- by outsourcing, they armed foreign companies with the knowledge and skills to become their own biggest marketplace competitors. In this sense, the decision to outsource too often seems to be penny-wise and pound-foolish. I certainly hope that one day corporate executives will wake up to the scourge of foreign IP theft and realize that some of their outsourcing decisions harm not only American workers, but also themselves.patent litigationhttp://www.GeneralPatent.comnoreply@blogger.com