Research Catalog

Title

Intellectual property and TRIPS compliance in China : Chinese and European perspectives / edited by Paul Torremans, Hailing Shan, Johan Erauw.

Publication

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2007.

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Additional Authors

• Torremans, Paul
• Shan, Hailing, 1959-
• Erauw, Johan

Description

xxxi, 244 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"China's accession to the WTO and TRIPS heralded massive changes in Chinese intellectual property (IP) law. This book asks whether all aspects of Chinese law and practice are now TRIPs compliant? The study offers both Chinese and European perspectives. Examining substantive IP law in detail, the contributors conclude that the changes have been far reaching and TRIPS compliance has been achieved. They also argue that China's IP laws are now addressing the new challenges of the digital revolution and the global economy. Of equal importance is enforcement, and in this respect the book reveals that change started later and that further work remains to be done. The book highlights the important efforts that are underway and the undeniable progress that is being made. All these issues are placed in an international context, where the development agenda is becoming more important and where the discussion on the renegotiation of the TRIPS has started."--Jacket.

Series Statement

New horizons in intellectual property

Subject

• Intellectual property > China
• Foreign trade regulation > China
• Intellectual property (International law)
• Intellectual property (International law) > Compliance costs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-229) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Are Chinese intellectual property laws consistent with the TRIPs Agreement? / Guro Shoukang and Zuo Xiaodong -- Substantive law issues in Europe a decade after TRIPS / Paul Torremans -- The TRIPs Agreement and the changing landscape of international intellectual property / Daniel J. Gervais -- The fight against piracy : working within the administrative enforcement system in China / Kristie Thomas -- Problems and new developments in the enforcement of intellectual property rights in China / Jingzhou Tao -- Legal protection of copyright and trademarks in cyberspace in China / Hon. Jiang Zhipei -- Confidentiality agreements and non-competition clauses / John Adams -- Protection of know-how in Chinese enterprises and employment relationships / Hailing Shan -- Protection of traditional knowledge : protecting poor countries' intellectual property? / Zhu Lanye -- Legal issues regarding contracts of technology import : a Chinese lawyer's perspective / Zou Weining -- The WTO-TRIPs patent regime after Doha : promises and realities / Sigrid Sterckx -- Intellectual property rights and WTO compliance : Chinese and European perspectives / Fientje Moerman -- The agenda for the future / Paul Torremans.

ISBN

• 9781845428754 (hardcover)
• 1845428757 (hardcover)

LCCN

^^2006102434

OCLC

77116987

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library