Dulling the Cutting Edge: How Patent-Related Policies and Practices Hamper Innovation in China
Title | Dulling the Cutting Edge: How Patent-Related Policies and Practices Hamper Innovation in China PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Prud‘homme |
Publisher | European Chamber |
Total Pages | 235 |
Release | 2012-08-22 |
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This study’s statistical analysis shows that patent quality and innovation in China deserve improvement, and an in-depth legal, management science, and economic analysis in the study shows that various patent-related policies and practices actually hamper patent quality and innovation in China. Over 50 recommendations for reform are provided. The study is divided into four chapters, summaries of which are as follows: Although China became the world leader in quantity of domestically filed patent applications in 2011, the quality of these patents needs improvement. Also, while certain innovation in China is rising, the country’s actual innovation appears over-hyped by some sources. There appears to be an overly heavy focus on government-set quantitative patent targets in China, which can hamper patent quality and innovation. This overemphasis involves over 10 national-level and over 150 municipal/provincial quantitative patent targets, mostly to be met by 2015, which are also linked to performance evaluations for SoEs, Party officials and government ministries, universities and research institutes, and other entities. China has a wide-range of other policies, many of which are at least partially meant to encourage patents, that can actually discourage quality patents, and highest-quality patents in particular, and innovation. Examples of these policies include a variety of measures with requirements for “indigenous intellectual property rights” that are linked to financial incentives (many of which are unrelated to government procurement); a range of other government-provided financial incentives for patent development (e.g. certain patent filing subsidies); inappropriate inventor remuneration rules; discriminatory standardization approaches; and a wide range of others. There are a host of concerns surrounding rules and procedures for patent application review and those for enforcement of patent disputes that can hamper building of quality patents and innovation in China. These include concerns about abuse of patent rights, difficulties invalidating utility models, and a wide range of other issues.
Dulling the Cutting Edge
Title | Dulling the Cutting Edge PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Prud'homme |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020 |
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This study's statistical analysis shows that patent quality and innovation in China deserve improvement, and an in-depth legal, management science, and economic analysis in the study shows that various patent-related policies and practices actually hamper patent quality and innovation in China. Over 50 recommendations for reform are provided. The study is divided into four chapters, summaries of which are as follows: Although China became the world leader in quantity of domestically filed patent applications in 2011, the quality of these patents needs improvement. Also, while certain innovation in China is rising, the country's actual innovation appears over-hyped by some sources. There appears to be an overly heavy focus on government-set quantitative patent targets in China, which can hamper patent quality and innovation. This overemphasis involves over 10 national-level and over 150 municipal/provincial quantitative patent targets, mostly to be met by 2015, which are also linked to performance evaluations for SoEs, Party officials and government ministries, universities and research institutes, and other entities. China has a wide-range of other policies, many of which are at least partially meant to encourage patents, that can actually discourage quality patents, and highest-quality patents in particular, and innovation. Examples of these policies include a variety of measures with requirements for “indigenous intellectual property rights” that are linked to financial incentives (many of which are unrelated to government procurement); a range of other government-provided financial incentives for patent development (e.g. certain patent filing subsidies); inappropriate inventor remuneration rules; discriminatory standardization approaches; and a wide range of others. There are a host of concerns surrounding rules and procedures for patent application review and those for enforcement of patent disputes that can hamper building of quality patents and innovation in China. These include concerns about abuse of patent rights, difficulties invalidating utility models, and a wide range of other issues.
Patents and Innovation in China and Hong Kong
Title | Patents and Innovation in China and Hong Kong PDF eBook |
Author | Yahong Li |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 289 |
Release | 2017-10-12 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1107194644 |
The first book on how patents and innovation interact within the two co-existing patent systems in mainland China and Hong Kong.
China’s Intellectual Property Regime for Innovation
Title | China’s Intellectual Property Regime for Innovation PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Prud’homme |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 237 |
Release | 2019-05-09 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 3030104044 |
This book evaluates the risks that China’s intellectual property (IP) regime poses to innovation. China's IP regime has been heavily criticized as potentially stifling innovation. However, the country’s innovation capabilities have risen significantly and major reforms have recently been made to its IP regime. How risky, really, is China's IP regime for innovation? This book investigates this question at different units of analysis based on a multidisciplinary assessment involving law, management, economics, and political science. Specifically, it critically appraises China's substantive IP laws, measures for boosting patent quantity and quality, measures for transmitting and exploiting technological knowledge, new experimental IP measures, and China's systems for administering and enforcing IP. Practitioners and scholars from various backgrounds can benefit from the up-to-date analysis as well as the practical managerial tools provided, including risk assessment matrices for businesses and recommendations for institutional reform.
Economic Impacts of Intellectual Property-Conditioned Government Incentives
Title | Economic Impacts of Intellectual Property-Conditioned Government Incentives PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Prud’homme |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 328 |
Release | 2016-06-21 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9811011192 |
This book provides new insights into the economic impacts, strategic objectives and legal structures of an emerging branch of government incentives conditioned on meeting intellectual property-related requirements. Despite becoming more common in recent years, such incentives – ranging from patent fee subsidies and patent box tax deductions to inventor remuneration schemes – are still under-researched. A diverse range of analytical methods, including econometric analyses, case studies and comparative legal analysis, are used to study these incentives in countries in Europe and China. Scholars, policymakers and practitioners can benefit from the conceptual and practical insights as well as policy recommendations provided.
Patent Law in Greater China
Title | Patent Law in Greater China PDF eBook |
Author | Stefan Luginbuehl |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | 523 |
Release | 2014-08-29 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1781954844 |
øThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to patent policy, law and practice in Greater China and will be a go-to book for patent practitioners who have client interests in that region. Features: †øø øIntroduction to Chinese paten
China and the WTO
Title | China and the WTO PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Gao |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 571 |
Release | 2023-09-28 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1009291815 |
This book provides an original systematic assessment of China's twenty years in the WTO. Combining insights from law, economics, political science, and international relations, it offers rich, multifaceted analyses of the opportunities and challenges China presents to the world trading system and the responses from other WTO Members. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.