Kariyawasam, Rohan --- "Chinese Intellectual Property and Technology Laws" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011) [2011] ELECD 830

Editor(s): Kariyawasam, Rohan

Title: Chinese Intellectual Property and Technology Laws

Topics: Asian Innovation and Technology; Asian Law; Asian Innovation; Intellectual Property Law; Internet and Technology Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 31 October 2011

Number of pages: 520

ISBN (hard cover): 9781849800082

ISBN (soft cover): 9780857936264

EISBN: 9780857935229

Abstract/Description:

Written by some of China’s leading academic experts and with a foreword by the former Chief Justice of the IP Tribunal of China’s Supreme People’s Court, this book combines for the very first time a review of both Chinese intellectual property and technology laws in a single volume in English.

The book initially focuses on recent amendments to the laws of copyright, trademarks, patents, before moving on to discuss unfair competition and trade secrets, and the protection of intellectual property over electronic networks. Other chapters cover the regulation of digital networks and telecommunications; IT and E-commerce; the new antimonopoly law and competition; and China’s position on the TRIPS agreement. Of special note is a chapter written by in-house Counsel and the Chairman of the Quality Brands Protection Committee (a coalition of well known multinational brands) reviewing both brand protection and practical enforcement of intellectual property in China.

This book will appeal to scholars and postgraduate students in commercial law (especially in IP, trade, competition, and technology), Chinese studies and business, as well as regulators, international agencies and law firms. Management consultancy and accounting firms, banks and investment firms will also find this book invaluable.