Imitation to Innovation in China

The Role of Patents in Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries

Yahong Li (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2010
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84844-206-1 (ISBN)

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Following decades in which China’s approach to technology has been to imitate, the country is now transforming itself to become innovation-oriented. This pioneering study examines whether patents play a similar role in promoting innovation in China as they do in the West, exploring the interplay between patents and China’s biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries in particular.

The author argues for a stronger patent regime based on an extensive review of the technological capacity, R&D models, patent filings and litigations, and issues in patent law, which involve China’s biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. By comparing China with other developing countries and analyzing China’s uniqueness in terms of its development stage, technological capacity and the strengths and weaknesses in its patent system, Yahong Li concludes that China is distinguished from the prevailing view that patents play a limited role in innovation in developing countries. The book also discusses whether and how patents can promote innovation in China’s biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, based on the study of market scale, R&D capacity, innovation model and patent legislation and cases.

This comprehensively researched book will be invaluable to multinational biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies either doing business or planning to do business in China. Practitioners and policymakers as well as academics and students specializing in IP law, economics and technology should also not be without this eloquent book.

Yahong Li, Associate Professor and Director, LLM Program in Intellectual Property and Information Technology, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong

Contents: Foreword Preface 1. The Role of Patents in Innovation: Introduction 2. An Overview of China’s Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries 3. Innovation Capacity and Infrastructure 4. Models of R&D and Commercialization 5. The Role of Patents in Innovation: Case Studies 6. Patentable Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Inventions 7. Patentability of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Inventions 8. Patent Rights in Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Inventions 9. The Role of Patents in Innovation: Further Reflections Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.7.2010
Reihe/Serie	New Horizons in Intellectual Property series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pharmazie
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Urheberrecht
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	1-84844-206-8 / 1848442068
ISBN-13	978-1-84844-206-1 / 9781848442061
Zustand	Neuware