China in Global Governance of Intellectual Property : Implications for Global Distributive Justice / by Wenting Cheng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cheng, Wenting, author.

Series:

Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies, 2947-9282

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law and the social sciences.

Information technology--Law and legislation.

Information technology.

Mass media--Law and legislation.

Mass media.

Political science.

International law.

International relations.

Crime--Sociological aspects.

Crime.

Socio-Legal Studies.

IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property.

Governance and Government.

Public International Law.

International Relations.

Crime and Society.

Local Subjects:

Socio-Legal Studies.

IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property.

Governance and Government.

Public International Law.

International Relations.

Crime and Society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.

Summary:

This book analyses how China has engaged in global IP governance and the implications of its engagement for global distributive justice. It investigates five cases on China’s IP engagement in geographical indications, the disclosure obligation, IP and standardisation, and its bilateral and multilateral IP engagement. It takes a regulation-oriented approach to examine substate and non-state actors involved in China’s global IP engagement, identifies principles that have guided or constrained its engagement, and discusses strategies actors have used in managing the principles. Its focus on engagement directs attention to processes instead of outcomes, which enables a more nuanced understanding of the role that China plays in global IP governance than the dichotomic categorisation of China either as a global IP rule-taker or rule-maker. This book identifies two groups of strategies that China has used in its global IP engagement: forum and agenda-related strategies and principle-related strategies. The first group concerns questions of where and how China has advanced its IP agenda, including multi-forum engagement, dissembling, and more cohesive responsive engagement. The second group consists of strategies to achieve a certain principle or manage contesting principles, including modelling and balancing. It shows that China’s deployment of engagement strategies makes its IP system similar to those of the EU and the US. Its balancing strategy has led to constructed inconsistency of its IP positions across forums. This book argues that China still has some way to go to influence global IP agenda-setting in a way matching its status as the second largest economy. Wenting Cheng is Grand Challenge Research Fellow at the College of Law, the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia.

Contents:

Part I: Introduction to IP

Chapter 1: Introduction

Part II: Case Studies

Chapter 2: China Enga/ges in International Regulation of Geographical Indications

Chapter 3: China Engages in International Regulation of Disclosure Obligation

Chapter 4: China Emerges in International Standardisation

Chapter 5: China’s Bilateral IP Engagement: A Look into the Chinese FTAs

Chapter 6: China and Multilateral IP Governance

Part III: Discussion

Chapter 7: Who Governs? Actors in China’s International IP Engagement

Chapter 8: Principles for China’s International IP Engagement

Chapter 9: China’s Strategies to Engage in Global IP Governance

Chapter 10: Conclusion.

Other Format:

Print version: Cheng, Wenting China in Global Governance of Intellectual Property

ISBN:

9783031243707