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Administration of IP Rights

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A relatively complex state system for administering IP rights has been developed in China since the 1980s. This chapter provides a brief overview of this system and offers a general assessment as to how it has functioned to enable innovation and entrepreneurship in China.

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Notes

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    In 2013, SFA produced a draft regulation governing GI applications related to forestry products, although the regulation still remains in draft form.

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    For example, see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/factsheet-on-bad-faith-trade-marks-in-china.

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  1. EMLV Business School, Léonard de Vinci Pôle Universitaire, Paris, France

    Dan Prud’homme

  2. Law School of Tongji University, Shanghai, China

    Taolue Zhang

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Prud’homme, D., Zhang, T. (2019). Administration of IP Rights. In: China’s Intellectual Property Regime for Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10404-7_6

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