Editing Intellectual property in China (section)

===Difficulties===
Sometimes local protectionism may dilute the strength of central legislation or the power of law enforcement. For example, local governments might not want to genuinely support the work of copyright protection supervisors. It may create obstacles during IPRs investigation and assist local counterfeiters by letting them hide their production lines in safer places. When counterfeiters have good connections with local governmental or law enforcement officials, they may find an umbrella for their counterfeiting activity.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Priest|first=Eric|title=The Future of Music and Film Piracy in China|journal=Berkeley Technology Law Journal|year=2006|volume=21|series=795|pages=796–870|url=http://btlj.org/data/articles2015/vol21/21_2/21-berkeley-tech-l-j-0795-0872.pdf}}</ref>

Chinese government-sponsored search-engine [[Baidu]] provides links to third-party websites that offer online counterfeit products as well as access to counterfeit hardware and merchandise. The Chinese government dominates 70% of its country's search engine revenue and has been called on by US officials to limit the activity of online counterfeiting groups.<ref>{{cite news |date=31 January 2011 |title=China Baidu search engine profits more than treble |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12331266 |access-date=2011-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=1 March 2011 |title=US says China's Baidu is notorious pirated goods market |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12605067 |access-date=2011-04-25}}</ref>