1st Edition

IP Laws and Regimes in Major Asian Economies Combing through Thousand Threads of IP to Peace in Asia

By Kung-Chung Liu Copyright 2023
256 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book systematically studies the structural characteristics of IP laws and regimes of major Asian economies, including (but not always) China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. It explores and crystallizes some worthy Asian models which could further help the development of international IP laws. This book begins with an overview of... Read more

1.Asian IP Laws: An Area of Rising Importance 2. Some Features of Patent Laws and Cases 3. Some Features of Trademark Laws and Cases 4. Some Features of Copyright Laws and Cases 5. Pre-Established Damages for Copyright Infringement and Trademark Counterfeiting— Finding an Asian Model 6. The Problems with Trade Secret and Its Over-Protection‒ Directions For Asia 7. IP in China—From Follower to Gamechanger 8. Economic Development and IP in India and China 9. How Can Taiwan Adopt International Exhaustion in All IP Laws? 10. Singapore Ascending the Global Value Chains Through IP

Biography

Kung-Chung Liu is Professor of Law at Singapore Management University and Renmin University of China. He is also Adjunct Chair Professor, Shandong University, China.

"This book is a timely and much-needed piece on IP laws and regimes in major Asian economies. There has been a shortage of literature that scrutinises IP laws across major Asian jurisdictions by ‘insiders’ who possess the necessary language skills, knowledge of theories and practical experience in the relevant sectors. [... This book] fills that gap of the shortage of literature." - Common Law World Review,
Vol. 52, Issue 1, 2023.


"With Asia playing an increasingly important role in global technology competition, [this] book lays a solid foundation for the future study of international and comparative IP law." - Asian Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 19, Issue 1, 2024.