Intellectual property protection in China

Abstract

The concept of Intellectual Property has drawn much more attention in the worldwide arena than before, and the protection of intellectual property all over the world is now at a dynamic stage of transformation. With the international cooperation on science and technology and the development of economy and trade, the legal protection of intellectual property is playing a more and more important role in society and is receiving even greater attention worldwide. But in the developing countries, intellectual property protection does not match that of the developed countries. This paper provides a brief introduction to intellectual property and intellectual property rights in the global economy. The focus is to examine the current situation of intellectual property protection in China. The study shows that the existing intellectual property protection framework can be evaluated as sufficient, but the problem of the insufficiency of effective, intensive and extensive enforcement of intellectual property exists. While discussing the problems of intellectual property protection in China, the paper also suggests some possible measures based on the current situation analysis.