China, Taiwan IP laws approach world standards; two countries that had been on the United States' list of worst IP offenders mend their ways
Article Abstract:
Both China and Taiwan have been under a great deal of US pressure in the last decade to improve their intellectual property regimes and both countries have adopted regimes meeting international standards. Both still need to make some changes before they are admitted to the World Trade Organization. Both still need effective enforcement procedures for their intellectual property laws, with China further to go than Taiwan to meet this goal. Copyright, patent and trademark provisions in both countries' laws are summarized.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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New laws bring Taiwan closer to WTO regime
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The Taiwanese government is taking steps to stop that country's huge amount of intellectual property piracy, but the country remains number three in the value of illegal goods seized by the US. The US is backing off temporarily in hopes that new laws will be enforced. Taiwan appears to be seeking international legitimacy after establishing one of the fastest growing economies in the world over the past 10 years.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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In China, 'discoveries' are not patentable; not every substance with medicinal qualities is afforded patent protection as a pharmaceutical under Chinese law
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China's revision of its patent law in 1992 to include patents on pharmaceuticals occurred largely as the result of foreign pressure. However, identification as a patentable drug of a pharmaceutical extracted from a natural substance depends on whether the compound is produced by human hands or merely identified. China's Pharmacuticals Administrative Protection Act is also discussed.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1999
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