Patent Law in Greater China

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.