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Innovation and IPRs in China and India

Myths, Realities and Opportunities

  • Reviews the political mindset, goals and gaming strategy behind IPR regimes in China and India
  • Shows the innovation and IPR landscapes and their interplay in India and China
  • Reconstructs the interrelationship and interdependence between innovation and IPR
  • Studies and compares data indicative of national patenting behavior and innovation achievement in China and India
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: China-EU Law Series (CELS, volume 4)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Doctrinal and Empirical Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction: China and India as Contrast Pair in Innovation and IP

      • Uday S. Racherla, Kenneth Guang-Lih Huang, Kung-Chung Liu
      Pages 3-24
    3. Do IPRs Promote Innovation?

      • Uday S. Racherla
      Pages 25-52
    4. Does Patent Strategy Shape the Long-Run Supply of Public Knowledge?

      • Kenneth Guang-Lih Huang, Fiona E. Murray
      Pages 75-117
  3. Study on India

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
  4. Study on China

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
    2. IPRs in China—Market-Oriented Innovation or Policy-Induced Rent-Seeking?

      • Kung-Chung Liu, Chuntian Liu, Ji Huang
      Pages 161-179
    3. Patent-Information Based Study on Patenting Behavior in China

      • Xiangdong Chen, Shuang Song, Xiaoqing Liu, Gupeng Zhang
      Pages 211-224

About this book

This book examines the two most populous nations on earth – India and China – in an effort to demystify the interaction between intellectual property rights (IPR) regimes, innovation and economic growth by critically looking at the economic and legal realities. In addition, it analyzes the question of how innovation can best be transformed into IPR, and how IPR can best be exploited to encourage innovation. Comparing and contrasting these two giant nations can be highly beneficial as China and India were the two fastest-growing economies in the last three decades, and together their populations make up one third of the world’s total population; as such, exploring how to sustain their growth via innovation and commercialization of IPR could have a tremendous positive impact on global well-being.  


While a study of these two mega countries with such diverse dimensions and magnitudes can never be truly comprehensive, this joint effort by scholars from law, business management and economics disciplines that pursues an empirical approach makes a valuable contribution. Divided into three parts, the first offers an in-depth doctrinal and empirical analysis. The second part exclusively focuses on India, while the last is dedicated to China.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Academia Sinica, Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Taipei, Taiwan

    Kung-Chung Liu

  • Department of Industrial and Management, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

    Uday S. Racherla

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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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Hardcover Book USD 139.99
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