China aims to strengthen IP rights enforcement
U.S. officials question new initiatives' effectiveness
January 31, 2012 at 07:00 PM
6 minute read
Likely bolstered by government incentives, China surpassed the U.S. and Japan to file more patents in 2011 than any other country, according to a Dec. 21, 2011, Thomson Reuters report. From 2006 to 2010, filings rose by an average of 16.7 percent annually.
That's not bad for a country that only adopted its first IP law in 1984—a couple centuries after the first U.S. Patent Act became law. But China still has a long way to go before patent owners feel confident that their rights will be adequately protected in the country.
“China is really an intellectual property miracle,” says Thomas Chan, a partner at Fox Rothschild. “They're an economic miracle. But is it enough? No, they have to continue to improve, to work hard, to enforce and to educate.”
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