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I am aware of a situation like this from one of my friends:
A Chinese company (A)is having a JV (C) with another American company(B) and the staff of Chinese company is making documentation for a kind of product manufactured/assembled at its facility.The Chinese staff is making use of illustration of B's competitor(D),another American company.
There are two facts:
1. B licenses C to manufacture that product at A's facility.
2. Before the JV occurs, A has a habit of blending pieces of documentation(including illustration) of foreign companies in the same industry.
At present, everything is fine. In the long run, will there be legal ramifications for A and B?
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