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Confronting China’s IP Counteroffensive
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Confronting China’s IP Counteroffensive

Wang-chan Wong
Ivey Business Journal, 2016
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Recommendation

China came late to the patent-law game, beginning in 1984, and even then it was a slow start. The Chinese government revamped its patent law in 2000 as it entered the World Trade Organization and tweaked it further in 2008. Between 2006 and 2013, domestic patent applications increased by nearly 900%. getAbstract recommends Wang-chan Wong’s perceptive and prescient look at the future of Chinese patents to stakeholders in foreign firms that wish to do business in China.

Take-Aways

  • The number of Chinese patents in manufacturing and technology has grown exponentially.
  • Patents filed or issued outside China offer little protection in China.
  • Most Chinese companies seek the Utility Model (UM) patent, which is easy to obtain, has lax initial inspection standards and is difficult to invalidate.

About the Author

Wang-chan Wong teaches at California State University, Dominguez Hills, in the College of Business Administration and Public Administration.

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