Before Chinäs entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Chinese IP regime was out-of-step with international standards. Fortunately, China has made rapid progress since then. To obtain approval for entry, it made all the necessary amendments to its Patent Law, Copyright Law, and the Trademark Law, and also revised relevant Implementation Rules to bring such measures into compliance with the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Despite full compliance with these standards, the Chinese IP system still involves distinct characteristics that can surprise U.S. practitioners.

Written by twenty legal practitioners in both the U.S. and China who are extraordinarily familiar with Chinäs intellectual property laws, this state-of-the-art book discusses and summarizes the protection of patents, trade secrets, copyrights and trade secrets in China, including how to work with the appropriate government bodies. It also considers the aspects of Chinäs recent Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) that have the most bearing on intellectual property rights and patent competition issues.

The need for this book is great: for example, China ranks among the top countries for patent filings in the world, which undoubtedly will impact the global economy for decades to come.