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just be strong and deny their requests, and tell them thats a bad way to make partners by pressuring.

to be honest the market for your company a chinese mfr are different anyway. you cant really care if they copy it, you are the innovator, you are the designer, you are the future of the product.

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Thank you for the tips. You're right, we can't stop anyone from copying it and tell them they are free to try to do so. We are thinking of positioning the product for the initial cooperation as a market research tool rather than a product license. So they get data and insight rather than technology.

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