When you’re busy building your business, there’s a lot to think about, including how to best protect your ideas and hard-earned assets — especially when you’re expanding into overseas markets like China.

The last thing you want is for someone to use your ideas for their own profits, or to run up thousands in legal fees when taking a guilty party to court.

That’s where intellectual property (IP) protection comes in, keeping your innovative ideas, products, and services safe, and giving you a competitive advantage.

In today’s global economy, having an IP protection strategy is more important than ever, no matter whether you’re running a small, local operation, or scaling your operations into China.