Governance of Intellectual Property Rights in China and Europe (Elgar Intellectual Property and Global Development Series)

Intellectual property (IP) law has been widely discussed in recent scholarship, though many recent works explore the topic from a largely descriptive perspective. This book provides an analytical and comparative study of Chinese and European IP law, as well as an analysis of system reforms in China.

The book highlights, in three parts, intellectual property for innovation and creativity in China, comparing concepts and norms in Chinese and European IP law, and governance of practices and IP enforcement. Demonstrating that the governance of IP rights requires the adoption of a set of norms, the contributors also argue that success is dependent on a transformation of the perspectives and implementation.

Students and scholars of IP law, and Chinese IP law in particular, will find this book to be a valuable resource to their work. It will also be of interest to IP practitioners looking for an insight into system reforms in China.

Contributors include: D.O. Acquah, R.M. Ballardini, N. Bruun, Y. Guan, K. He, K. Larson, N. Lee, M. Li, Y. Li, M. Oker-Blom, B.P.-W. Liu, L. Tammenlehto, W. Wu, P.K. Yu, L. Zhang, Q.-S. Zhao, Y. Zhao, L. Zhou

Edited by Nari Lee, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland, Niklas Bruun, Professor Emeritus, Hanken School of Economics, Former Director of the IPR University Center, Helsinki, Finland and Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, Stockholm University, Sweden and Mingde Li, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China