You are changing the topic.  You said that patent infringement over decades has had no effects.  Quoting:<p>&quot;China and India have been infringing on US patents for 4 decades now and nothing has happened yet.&quot;<p>I just want to know how you came to that conclusion.<p>The problem with your atatement is that it requires access to data that may not be public.  If I had not had IP stolen by a Chinese company I would not have some of the insights I gained during that experience.  Mine isn&#x27;t the only company that has had these kinds of issues.  During my ordeal I got to meet other business owners affected by Chinese IP theft.  Why?  Because we got the State Department involved and that was the conduit through which I met others.<p>Unless you&#x27;ve had access at that level it would be hard for you to understand the subject.  In our case the IP theft probably cost us $30 million dollars in R&amp;D, over a hundred million dollars in lost sales and hundreds of very high paying jobs.<p>No, IP theft is a very serious problem.