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Imitation to innovation in China : the role of patents in biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Li, Yahong, Author.
- Series:
- New horizons in intellectual property.
- New horizons in intellectual property Imitation to innovation in China
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Patent laws and legislation--Law and legislation--China.
- Patent laws and legislation.
- Biotechnology industries--Law and legislation--China.
- Biotechnology industries.
- Pharmacy--China.
- Pharmacy.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 189 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Following decades in which China's approach to technology has been to imitate, the country is now transforming itself to become innovation-oriented. This pioneering study examines whether patents play a similar role in promoting innovation in China as they do in the West, exploring the interplay between patents and China's biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries in particular.
- Contents:
- The role of patents in innovation : introduction
- An overview of China's biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries
- Innovation capacity and infrastructure
- Models of R&D and commercialization
- The role of patents in innovation: case studies
- Patentable biotechnology and pharmaceutical inventions
- Patentability of biotechnology and pharmaceutical inventions
- Patent rights in biotechnology and pharmaceutical inventions
- The role of patents in innovation : further reflections.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-84980-814-7
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