| There are no copyright laws in China. They all copy each other and | everyone else.
This wouldn't really be a copyright issue.
At least in the US, there's three main legal types of protected intellectual properties --
-- copyright. A book is copyrighted, or software, or a piece of art.
-- trademark. A name or logo is trademarked, like `Kokam'.
-- patent. A design for someting is patented, or a method for doing something.
There's also trade secrets, but they're not really legally protected like the previous three are.
In any event, there's a better discussion of intellectual properties at
And you're generally right -- China is not known for strong intellectual property protections.
However, once you bring such product into the US (or other countries with stronger IP laws) generally the laws do apply. So while somebody might not be violating any Chinese laws when they stamp the name `Kokam' onto their own cells over there, once the cells enter the US (or another country) the local laws do apply, and I believe it would be illegal to even import such cells.
The customs offices have been known to deny the importing of such `conterfeit' goods, but of course they probably can't verify every such item, and so they have to be notified of such violations.
In any event, my point is that just because it's legal in China, that doesn't mean there's nothing that can be done.
Of course, I'm not a lawyer ...