Chinese-Dragon
RETIRED TTA
HaHaHa, who say Indians are not smart?![]()
Type "Innovation Efficiency Index" into Google, and it comes up with a bunch of Indian articles, and some facebook pages.

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HaHaHa, who say Indians are not smart?![]()

HaHaHa, who say Indians are not smart?![]()
Yeah ! OK ! I admit we dont top innovation index. Can you tell me why China is not in the top 10 in this index inspite of being in the top 5 patent producers ? And yes, I can read !
Grey boy and Chinese dragon ! you still didnt answer my question! Why is China not topping innovation, inspite of topping patents ?

Because we are far behind in terms of innovation, compared to the Western world.
However, China jumped 14 places in the Global Innovation Index rankings this year, and is continuing to improve at a very fast rate. India meanwhile, is going backwards in the rankings.![]()
Can you read?
What I posted was the Global Innovation Index (2011). Which is the major index on innovation.
What you posted was the Innovation Efficiency Index. When I typed that into a search engine, it came up with the same Indian article that you just linked.![]()
Because we are far behind in terms of innovation, compared to the Western world.
However, China jumped 14 places in the Global Innovation Index rankings this year, and is continuing to improve at a very fast rate. India meanwhile, is going backwards in the rankings.
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Grey boy and Chinese dragon ! you still didnt answer my question! Why is China not topping innovation, inspite of topping patents ?
John Bennett points us to an article in the NY Times that claims to be about how China is gearing up to be an innovation powerhouse rather than just known for "copying." Of course, the actual focus of the article is about how China is trying to get a lot more patents. In fact, we covered this very issue back in October, highlighting how China has set an "innovation policy" that appears much more focused on getting more patents, rather than increasing innovation. There are, of course, some people who still think that the number of patents is a proxy for innovation, but this claim has been debunked so many times, it's just kind of cute when people still bring it up.
China's Patent Strategy Isn't About Innovation; It's An Economic Weapon Against Foreign Companies
While Chinese patent statistics continue to make headlines, both government insiders and legal experts express concerns about patent quality. An article in the Financial Times indicates that the patent figures reflect a concerted government campaign to persuade Chinese companies to protect their intellectual property by law, and that government subsidies to cover patent application costs is a factor that artificially inflates the number of filings. Chen Naiwei, director of the Intellectual Property Research Centre at Shanghai Jiaotong University, echoed the view that many local governments have provided patent fees to enterprises and science institutes, resulting in the rapid growth in applications. Most patents filed in China are for a new design appearance or new models, which do not require great technical innovation, he adds. Utility model patents are particularly popular with domestic applicants because they are easier and faster to prepare, do not undergo substantive examinations before being granted, and cost less. For these reasons, utility model patents may intrinsically be of substandard quality.
Chinese patent problems

Because we are far behind in terms of innovation, compared to the Western world.
No one is 'whining', least of all Apple. Everyone is laughing, the loudest of all Apple. Is the phrase "Mao's Tomb" or "Mao's Mausoleum" trademarked? Probably not. But what if a bunch of Americans decided to build such, complete with what they claim to be Mao's embalmed body, and make it a tourist attraction next to Disneyland? Guess who would really be whining? The Chinese government...!!! So by all means, give Apple free advertising in China. After all, Lenovo had to buy IBM's notebook division, so why not copy Apple's iconic store and resort to legalism to defend such crass?Apple isn't whining, its some jealous Indians that are whining.
Apple can't whine anyways because the term "Apple Store" is not a trademark of Apple, Inc. There is nothing they can do legally.
No one is 'whining', least of all Apple. Everyone is laughing, the loudest of all Apple. Is the phrase "Mao's Tomb" or "Mao's Mausoleum" trademarked? Probably not. But what if a bunch of Americans decided to build such, complete with what they claim to be Mao's embalmed body, and make it a tourist attraction next to Disneyland? Guess who would really be whining? The Chinese government...!!! So by all means, give Apple free advertising in China. After all, Lenovo had to buy IBM's notebook division, so why not copy Apple's iconic store and resort to legalism to defend such crass?
That as the world awaits for some genuine innovations from China, we should expect something crass like a Chinese Apple store clone hiding behind the shield of legalism.Go for it! I wouldn't mind and I think the government would be laughing too. Apple is indeed getting free advertisement so they're keeping silent. Also, once Lenovo bought IBM's notebook division the IBM Thinkpads became branded as Lenovo, so whats your point?
That as the world awaits for some genuine innovations from China, we should expect something crass like a Chinese Apple store clone hiding behind the shield of legalism.
Two recent products: iPhone and iPad. Both caught the mobile computing world by surprise. Before that it was the iPod. All products cannot be dismissed as successful via marketing alone. Advertisements do not force people to buy things. Apple just know better than YOU on the differences between inventions and innovations. That understanding is why Apple succeeded where Chinese companies have not.Can you tell me where Apple was technically as opposed to marketing innovative?