Luginbuehl, Stefan; Ganea, Peter --- "Patent Law in Greater China" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014) [2014] ELECD 654

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

Title: Patent Law in Greater China

Series: Elgar Intellectual Property Law and Practice series

Topics: Asian Law; Intellectual Property Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 29 August 2014

Number of pages: 528

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781954836

EISBN: 9781781954843

Abstract/Description:

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to patent policy, law and practice in Greater China and is a go-to book for patent practitioners who have client interests in that region.

Features:

• Introduction to Chinese patent policy.

• Detailed coverage of technology transfer and substantive patent law in China, including prerequisites for protection, exceptions and limitations.

• Practical analysis of patent law relating to 3 specific fields of invention: employee inventions, biotechnological and pharmaceutical inventions, and software inventions.

• Overview of the patent application and examination procedure, with a particular view on PCT applications.

• Insight into specific characteristics of enforcement mechanisms and jurisprudence in China, including the dual enforcement system, claim interpretation, infringement types, and invalidity procedures.

• Invaluable section on the relationship between patent and antitrust law, including practical realities in the sphere of anticompetitive licensing.

‪• Overviews of the patent systems of Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR

• Edited by two leading patent experts, and written by a team of experienced practitioners from China and from Europe, offering insight rarely brought together in a single place.

This book will be an indispensable reference work for lawyers, patent attorneys and other practitioners interested in learning whether and how to protect patents in China.