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American companies are turning to foreign countries in an effort to produce copyright & intellectual property protection that they can then use in an effort to protect their property at home.

Outgoing U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans is putting pressure on
China to put in place sweeping reforms to the country's outdated
copyright & IP laws that have little bite. China has "got to start
putting people in jail" to show it is serious about cracking down on widespread counterfeiting and piracy that costs U.S. companies billions of dollars in lost sales every year.

China's highest court issued updated intellectual property laws that sees lowered thresholds for criminal prosecution and increases prison time for the worst offenders.

"We're not sure they've gone far enough," said Evans. "That will be one of the topics of discussion," who will meet with senior Chinese officials while in Beijing this week.

"The bottom line for us is prosecutions, prosecutions, prosecutions," Brilliant said. "That is going to require getting into local provinces and addressing some of the corruption that exists."

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