"PREFACE" [2014] ELECD 659; in Luginbuehl, Stefan; Ganea, Peter (eds), "Patent Law in Greater China" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014) xxiii

Book Title: Patent Law in Greater China

Editor(s): Luginbuehl, Stefan; Ganea, Peter

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781954836

Section Title: PREFACE

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

PREFACE




Within only 30 years, the People's Republic of China has developed a full-fledged and
functioning patent system which fulfills international standards and the policy needs of
China: In the course of its emergence, the Chinese legislature and judiciary had
constantly been under the challenge to align foreign demands to adhere to international
standards with the domestic interest. The present patent system forms such a compro-
mise which makes utmost use of the remaining flexibilities under the international
treaty system, so as to accommodate concerns related to national technological develop-
ment.
The present book aims to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of
Chinese patent law and practice, and the challenges posed by the Chinese patent
system. The distinctive feature of the book is that it provides an introduction to the
political and legal background of important patent-related issues and combines com-
prehensiveness and in-depth reasoning on current challenges faced by practitioners in
their daily work. That is, the general structure of the book follows the structure of
traditional treaties on patent law, but in its subchapters our authors concentrate on
certain aspects which have turned out to be of high practical relevance or which are
currently debated.
We, the editors, are proud to have gathered together a group of highly renowned
specialists in their fields, predominantly practitioners who are active in China but also a
number of academics and judges. All of them have displayed not only their China-
related experience but also their ...