Intechno China, is the parent company of Medintechno, and is a professional offshore outsourcing software development provider, headquartered in Beijing China. It is specializing in helping offshore companies to reduce development costs.

Intellectual Property (IP) protection plays a central role for Intechno China, especially given the poor reputation the Chinese country has received over the last few years.

When referring to IP we dont just mean patents, trademarks and copyrights, but also processes, techniques, methodology and talent. Intechno China supports comprehensive intellectual property protection and understands the importance of intellectual property means to its customers.

Since its establishment in 2003, it has successfully completed over 100 development projects, covering Healthcare, DICOM, Digital Imaging, e-business, e-government, education, finance, manufacturing and consulting. Its clients are spread over America, Europe, Asia; among them: USA, Australia, UK, Malaysia and Japan.

NDA - Non-Disclosure Agreements

Intechno China sign NDA agreements with all their customers as soon as they enter into a business relationship, this will generally occur before the official contractual relationship starts. The NDA sets out the rules and responsibilities of both parties, and is closely followed by all Intechno China employees. This is a cross border binding agreement and it is clearly understood that the content of the NDA is a legally binding agreement and must be strictly followed.

Employee Confidentiality Contract & Education

All employees sign a confidentiality agreement when they sign on with Intechno. These agreements affirm that the employees will comply with Intechno China IP Protection regulations. Also, Intechno China conducts training courses to ensure the implementation and enforcement of its IP Policy, paying special attention to the particulars of offshore software development and customer's IP protection.

Project Life-Cycle IP Protection

Throughout the project cycle, Intechno China protects its customer’s IP in both physical and electronic formats, employs high-level security for client database information and access by Intechno China's employees is permitted solely on a "need-to-know" basis. Only the C Level employees have complete access to our central server system and to our clients entire project. The team members are only allowed access to the parts of the project they are responsible for working on.

Document control and data security is supervised by Intechno China Quality Management team, by making sure that the following conditions are met:

• Every copy of every confidential document is separately numbered & tracked, and is distributed only on a "need-to-know" basis.
• All copies of customer's confidential documents are regularly accounted for, and deleted when usage needs expire.
• All documents are returned & disposed of by the relevant customer / client.
• All copies / editions made are recorded on logs that the clients are able to check at any given time.
  

Each employee has their own computer which is password protected, it is strongly enforced that these passwords are kept secret. Only the C level employees are allowed to access other employees computers.

International Regulations that provide protection to our customer's I.P.

As a result of the current reputation that China has gained in other industries, in regards to Intellectual Property Protection, Intechno has taken a stance to fight that reputation and prove that we DO care about our customer's IP and the need to respect that trust, to foster stronger and long lasting relationships with our development partners and customers.

Internationally, the Berne Convention is the main protector of computer programs and software against I.P. breaches, via the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty (WTC), and therefore any legal disputes that may arise between member parties can be more easily resolved, assuming both involved parties come from member countries of those treaties. 

Particularly, Article 10(1) of the TRIPS Agreement and Article 4 of the WTC, while slightly different in how they've been expressed, these two treaties state that computer programs should be protected as literary works and that protection should be the same as it is granted to such works under the Berne Convention.

For more information about what WIPO treaties China currently has in force, visit the following link: http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?search_what=C&country_id=38C

Intechno has taken advantage of this oportunity, to further guarantee that our customers and partner's trust is being put in good hands when they agree to work with us. 

Chinese Regulations regarding Copyright and Computer Software Protection

China's copyright laws were initially established in 1990 by the State Council of the People's Republic of China. However, the full force and implementation of these rules didn't start until September, 2002. Protection is granted to individuals from countries that are members of any of the international copyright treaties or bilateral agreements, where China is a member of such treaties or agreements.

In general, given that unlike other forms of claiming ownership, like patents or trademark protection, copyright doesn't require to be registered, however, copyright owners may voluntarily register with China's National Copyright Administration (NCA) to establish evidence of ownership, in case any legal actions are deemed necessary. http://www.ncac.gov.cn (Chinese-English).

Therefore, if there are any types of dealings to be made, that involve potential copyright risks between two or more parties, it should be made clear in writing what are the rights that each party can enjoy. Such as ownership, exploitation rights, etc. At Intechno, we ensure that this is made clear at the contract creation stage, ensuring both parties are aware of each other's rights and obligations as it is outlined by the laws of both countries.

For further and more detailed information, regarding the Chinese Copyright Protection rules, see the documentation in this link:

http://www.ccpit-patent.com.cn/references/Regulations_on_Computer_Software_Protection.htm