4 THE SURVEY
This study is only qualitative because we have a gap of data.
We have explained the reasons of this gap: a lot of corruption and violation of
intellectual property rights, Taiwan is in conflict on the management of these
rights and their application. Many people has afraid to respond and be
denounced to the customs of the country.
4.1 Quantitative Methodology
Given that Taiwan is a country specializes in the violation of
intellectual property rights that three-quarters of major global brands have
their copies in Taiwan, and that country is the hub of non-enforcement of
intellectual property, was very difficult to complete the study questionnaire
to Taiwanese firms as well as China. Taiwan has long been part of the Republic
of China.
Many local contacts have tried to help me. They helped me
understand the mentality of this particular country, but without the time to
help me look for addresses of companies. We learned that leaders do not respond
to the questionnaire for fear of being reported, that many companies that
practice this violation did not complete this questionnaire because neither
patent or design, trademark or official. Some expatriates, told me that I had
to send the questionnaire only to businesses that do not make copies. But it is
impossible to verify from abroad
Organizations like the Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce, MOEA
asked me if I had an official letter of WTO to do this study. They apparently
heard by other bodies to whom I sent the questionnaire, and were angry. After
sending the link of the Observatory of the company that demonstrates the
partnership of the study with WTO, I have not had a single reply from those
state agencies! A company made me realize that we should not dream and that I
would not get anything.
I was also told that most small SMEs do not speak English but
Mandarin. So I wanted someone who could translate for me the questionnaire by
placing an advertisement on the website of the University of Neuchatel and
Lausanne. I found none. Also most companies in my database are large
multinational companies. They are quoted on the stock exchange Taiwan because I
got their address through this medium. So is this really a language barrier. I
think not!
Another expatriate was amused to send me copies of photos of
famous brand and made me understand that the Taiwanese government was playing a
game abroad. It is believed that the international community is making efforts
in intellectual property in creating some official bodies, but inside the
country, these bodies are controlled by the state and not private
organizations. The state seeks to hide the real observation. The policy applies
at all by the laws on intellectual property.
Indeed, if these laws were applied, it would pose enormous
problems for 40% of GDP comes from Taiwan fakes and it enriched the country.
The government did not ban! The Mafia has also senior officials in Taiwan and
there is much corruption within the state.
The special court that the government introduced a year ago,
which deals only with cases of intellectual property makes judgments that are
not quite disuasif. Indeed it is the subject of much criticism abroad. The
United States, who removed Taiwan from its Special 301 list a year ago, are
also conducted surveys over two years by brokers in Taiwan and to ensure the
good faith of this country.
In this overview, I was advised not to study because I have
SPSS successful in getting two answers instead of 15. Obviously the results
will not be very representative. But I think anyone who repeated the study will
notice.
Having informed of the problem since the beginning of the
semester, I was not informed that I could change the country. Instead, I was
told to go well until the end of the study. So the report is essentially
qualitative.
4.1.1 The sample
For reasons that we explained above, our response rate to this
study is 3/500. What is insignificant. We obviously know how to calculate an
average, but the result is not representative and completely incoherent. But
this is not the goal we want to give to this study.
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