It could go either direction. There was an startup Innopage in Hongkong news these two days claiming that the design of its iOS App "Worthy" was copied in merely 2 months by China's Alibaba after the latter sent a 10-member delegation team to visit Innopage in Hong Kong. Alibaba responded that "there is no factual and legal basis." What can a startup do?

(The following articles are all in chinese) Founder Keith Li's article: http://www.grandline.hk/2015/02/%E4%B8%80%E5%B0%81%E6%B2%92%...

News: http://startupbeat.hkej.com/?p=1197

Alibaba's response: https://thestandnews.com/finance/%E8%A2%AB%E6%8C%87%E6%8A%84...