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Patent protection pays off in China for Kiwi manufacturer

Entrepreneur series: BFM Global boss Blair McPheat on counterfeit fraud and self-funding growth.

Fiona Rotherham
Tue, 23 Jan 2018

Auckland entrepreneur Blair McPheat says his innovation was relatively simple; protecting the intellectual property around it has been less so but money well spent.

Nearly a decade ago he woke up one day at 2am with a "eureka moment" on how to solve a problem many manufacturers face – how to

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Fiona Rotherham
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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