Lawyers: We fight overseas pirates | News.blog | CNET News.com: "What's the best way to go after intellectual property pirates in China, India, or Russia? Why, by investing in a foreign lawyer, of course. Attorneys speaking at an annual meeting of intellectual property lawyers in Washington, D.C., on Friday morning encouraged their American colleagues to pursue suits in the trio of nations -- which happen to be on the U.S. government's piracy crackdown list -- by seeking assistance from the finest foreign counsel they can afford. While signing over 'complete trust' to local lawyers in the overseas nations 'is obviously not advisable,' said Alexander Christophoroff, a Moscow attorney, neither is being a control freak -- that is, telling the lawyers 'what every page should look like.' The attorneys made a pitch for the progress in their countries on the IP front. In India, concerns like slow judicial proceedings, political corruption, and lack of legal training or expertise are offset by 'special antipiracy cells in many cities' and openness to 'accommodate foreign law procedures,' said Calab Gabriel, a New Dehli attorney, though he acknowledged that very little patent litigation takes place in the country right now. 'One may own intellectual property in China in this promising market,' said Kan Zu, a Beijing-based attorney who said the nation has continued to strengthen its patent laws over the past 20 years. 'I suggest you try to enforce your rights actively and aggressively.' Posted by Anne Broache"

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