Assessing Intellectual Property Compliance In Contemporary China: The World Trade Organisation Trips Agreement Assessing Intellectual Property Compliance In Contemporary China: The World Trade Organization Trips Agreement

Since Its Accession To The World Trade Organisation (wto) In December 2001, China Has Been Committed To Full Compliance With The Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (trips) Agreement. This Text Considers The Development Of Intellectual Property In China, And Offers An Interdisciplinary Analysis Of China's Compliance With The Trips Agreement Using Theories Originating In International Relations And Law. It Notes That Despite Significant Efforts To Amend China's Substantive Ip Laws To Prepare For Wto Accession And Sweeping Changes To Domestic Legislation, A Significant Gap Existed Between The Laws On Paper And As Enforced In Practice, And That Infringements To The Agreement Are Still Prevalent. The Book Examines How Compliance With International Rules Can Be Promoted And Encouraged In A Specific Jurisdiction. Making A Case For A Wider, More Interdisciplinary And Global Outlook, It Contends That Compliance Needs To Align With The National Interests Of Relevant Countries And Jurisdictions, As Governments' Economic Interests Support The Greater Enforcement Of The Ip Laws--back Cover. The Concept Of Compliance -- The Trips Agreement : Developing Global Rules For Intellectual Property Protection -- A Framework For Assessing Compliance With The Trips Agreement -- Implementing The Trips Agreement In China -- Assessing The Post-trips Intellectual Property System In China In The Short Term : Exploring The Enforcement Gap -- Assessing The Post-trips Intellectual Property System In China In The Long Term : Adapting To Local Conditions -- Implications And Conclusions. Kristie Thomas. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Annotation Since its accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in December 2001, China has been committed to full compliance with the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement. This text considers the development of intellectual property in China, and offers an interdisciplinary analysis of China's compliance with the TRIPS Agreement using theories originating in international relations and law. It notes that despite significant efforts to amend China's substantive IP laws to prepare for WTO accession and sweeping changes to domestic legislation, a significant gap existed between the laws on paper and as enforced in practice, and that infringements to the agreement are still prevalent. The bookexamines how compliance with international rules can be promoted and encouraged in a specific jurisdiction. Making a case for a wider, more interdisciplinary and global outlook, it contends that compliance needs to align with the national interests of relevant countries and jurisdictions, as governments' economic interests support the greater enforcement of the IP laws Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-22 Front Matter....Pages 23-23 The Concept of “Compliance”....Pages 25-42 The TRIPS Agreement: Developing Global Rules for Intellectual Property Protection....Pages 43-66 A Framework for Assessing Compliance with the TRIPS Agreement....Pages 67-81 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 Implementing the TRIPS Agreement in China....Pages 85-103 Assessing the Post-TRIPS Intellectual Property System in China in the Short Term: Exploring the Enforcement Gap....Pages 105-137 Assessing the Post-TRIPS Intellectual Property System in China in the Long Term: Adapting to Local Conditions....Pages 139-166 Implications and Conclusions....Pages 167-185 Back Matter....Pages 187-204