International Patent Rights Harmonization: The Case of China

ISBN-13: 9781472481382 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 256 str.

Weinian Hu

Opis

With reference to China, this book examines the course of international patent rights harmonisation, its characteristics as well as impediments. It evaluates China s patent law development over the course of the last three decades by drawing on the most up to date Chinese language sources. In the process, the volume focuses on China s patent legislation, its achievements and weaknesses, as well as the intrinsic limitations, especially as far as enforcement is concerned. Global trade policy makers, IP professionals as well as businesses will benefit from the insights presented by the chapters in order to appreciate the achievements and the controversies pursuant to China s efforts in patent protection. The book also considers whether China could learn lessons from Japan and India for their respective patent legislation and policy choices, of which it will facilitate Chinese legislature to reflect on its patent legislation development. An additional analytical strength of the volume is that it compares the Chinese patent legislation with the American Invents Act and the European Patent Convention. It discovers the divergence among the three patent legislations by using the minimum patent protection standards set down by the TRIPS Agreement as the benchmark. With China undergoing the 4^th Patent Law amendment, the provisions contained in the second draft of the Patent Law 2015, which was published in December 2015, are included in the analysis. "

Recenzje

Weinian Hu’s book offers an up-to-date introduction to Chinese patent law at the light of the global harmonization process. The pan-Asian perspective and the insights on local features make the book a valuable source for those who want to understand Chinese patent law in a broader evolving context. Alain Strowel, Professor UCLouvain, Université Saint-Louis, Munich Intellectual Property Centre.

O autorze

Weinian Hu is a research fellow at the Centre for Private and Economic Law, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. A Chinese national from Shanghai, Dr Hu’s career has bridged Asia and Europe at the intersection of academia, diplomacy and industry. In addition to her academic pursuits in international trade law in general, and patent law and intellectual property rights protection in particular, she acquired extensive international experience by working with a global bank in China, an inter-governmental organisation in Singapore, a non-governmental organisation in Malaysia and a global-leading public affairs agency in Belgium. She also served as consultant for the European Union for the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), the multilateral political dialogue process between the Asian and the European regions. Dr Hu holds degrees from Chinese, British and Belgian universities.