@article{27401, author = {Luginbuehl, Stefan. and C. Bailey,}, url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/27401}, title = {Patent Law in Greater China.}, abstract = {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.}, recid = {27401}, pages = {528 pages ;}, }