IP Laws and Regimes in Major Asian Economies

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 that could further help the development of international IP laws. This book begins with an overview of Asian modern history and IP laws. It discusses the three basic IP laws and their features in Asia, which are patent law, trademark law and copyright law. It then looks at the pre-established damages for copyright infringement and trademark counterfeiting. The book continues to deal with problems with trade secrets and their over-protection. It examines how China has evolved from follower to game changer in IP before it compares IP laws and four industries in India and China, assesses what role IP laws have played in the development in those industries and how India and China can learn from each other. Finally, it examines one medium-sized and one small-sized Asian economy on its respective struggles (Taiwan's efforts to build a coherent IP exhaustion regime) and success (how Singapore has utilized IP to secure its position in global value chains). This book is a useful reference for law students, scholars, practitioners, and IP professionals who are interested in knowing Asia, Asian IP laws and industries and their struggles, and finding ways to better Asian and even global IP laws.