Edward Elgar Publishing Patent Law in Greater China (Elgar Intellectual Property Law and Practice series)

This book is the first comprehensive treatise on patent law in China (including Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR) and provides clear and detailed commentary on the substantive law, procedure and enforcement. Features include: Coverage of prerequisites for patent protection and exceptions and limitations Coverage of specific issues within the fields of biotechnical inventions, software inventions and employee inventions Practical guidance on patent application and examination procedure, and on enforcement Edited by two leading patent experts, and written by experienced patent practitioners, many from within the region. Review 'Patent Law in Greater China provides some of the most comprehensive, up-to-date and contextualized analyses of Chinese patent law. Featuring expert contributors with diverse backgrounds and deep inside knowledge, this edited volume strikes a good balance between scholarly analysis and practical tips. The book should be on the desk of everybody who handles patent-related matters in Greater China.' --- Peter K. Yu, Drake University Law School, US 'Chinese intellectual property law has been one of the fields in which it has been most difficult to obtain an accurate, reliable and intelligible perspective. The achievement in putting together Patent Law in Greater China is therefore all the more laudable. Chapters from practitioners, administrators, academics and the business world give this work a degree of relevance and immediacy and show how the complex and initially puzzling interplay of law and practice in China and the economies within her orbit can be depicted and understood.' --- Jeremy Phillips, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, UK 'Drs Luginbühl and Ganea have put together an impressive and thorough survey of patent law in the PRC, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. The book covers policy making aspects, patentability requirements (with specific chapters on biotechnological, chemical, pharmaceutical and software-related inventions ), rights and exceptions, employee inventions, rights in designs and utility models, but also patent prosecution (domestic and PCT), infringement, and the interface with competition law. This timely book will be useful for both practitioners and scholars.' --- Daniel Gervais, Vanderbilt University Law School and Editor in Chief, Journal of World Intellectual Property About the Author Edited by Stefan Luginbuehl, PhD, Attorney at Law, Lawyer, Head of Department European Legal Affairs, European Patent Office, Germany and Peter Ganea, PhD, Co-Director, Sino-German International Economic Law Institute, Tongji University Law School, China