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China in Global Governance of Intellectual Property

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This book analyses how China has engaged in global IP governance and the implications of its engagement for global distributive justice. This first chapter sets the scene for this book. It starts with the controversies surrounding China’s IP issues, which are further problematised by a review of the history of global IP governance. It further analyses how an IP system would operate, be justified or constrained under different principles of distributive justice, setting the foundation to observe their interactions in the case studies. The history of Chinese domestic IP regulation further provides specific social, economic, and cultural contexts for China’s global IP engagement. It ends with discussing the arrangement of this book, including its structure, case selection, analytical framework, and key findings.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    WTO Dispute Settlements, DS362: China—Measures Affecting the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights; DS542: China—Certain Measures Concerning the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights; DS549: China—Certain Measures on the Transfer of Technology; DS611: China—Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights.

  2. 2.

    The English translation for this Chinese IP regulator was revised to China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) in March 2018. As this book mainly covers the period before 2018, SIPO will be consistently used to avoid confusion.

  3. 3.

    The State Council of China, Outline of the National Intellectual Property Strategy 国家知识产权战略纲要, No. 18, 2008.

  4. 4.

    Innovation-driven Development 创新驱动发展 was a concept first proposed in Section 4.2 of the Report of the 18th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) National Congress.

  5. 5.

    The Analects of Confucius 论语 XII, 2.

  6. 6.

    Negotiations with Germany and Portugal were not finalised before the collapse of the Qing Government.

  7. 7.

    Finance and Economic Committee of the Administrative Council of the Central Government of China, The Provisional Regulations on the Protection of Inventors’ Right and Patent Right 保障发明权与专利权暂行条例, 17 August 1950.

  8. 8.

    State Council, Regulations on Remuneration for Inventions 发明奖励条例, 3 November 1963. Article 23 stipulates that ‘The ownership of inventions belongs to the State. Any individual or institution may not monopolise the invention. Any institution (including the collectively owned institution) in the State can use an invention when it needs to’.

  9. 9.

    China–United States Memorandum of Understanding on Enactment and Scope of PRC Copyright Law on 19 May 1989, China–United States Memorandum of Understanding on the Protection of Intellectual Property on 17 January 1992, China–United States Agreement Regarding Intellectual Property Rights Memorandum of Understanding on 26 February 1995; and China’s Implementation of the 1995 Intellectual Property Rights Agreement on 17 June 1996. The Chinese literature often mentions three MOUs instead of four, as the one in 1996 was considered a unilateral clarification to implement the 1995 agreement, not a bilateral MOU per se.

  10. 10.

    China was one of the co-sponsors for the GATT proposal MTN.GNG/NG11/W/71,14 May 1990. This proposal represented the developing countries’ position in the TRIPS negotiation.

  11. 11.

    Uruguay Round, Trade Negotiations Committee, Draft Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, 20 December 1991, MTN.TNC/W/FA. The text of the TRIPS Agreement made two minor changes on the basis of this Draft Final Act (1991): ‘(1) the addition to Article 64 of paragraphs 2 and 3 on non-violation disputes and (2) the addition of the language in Article 31(c) in regard to semiconductor technology’.

  12. 12.

    WTO, China—Measures Affecting the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, 2009 (WT/DS362/R).

  13. 13.

    State Council General Office, Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Forwarding the Action Plan by SIPO and Other Departments on the Further Implementation of the National Intellectual Property Strategy (2014–2020) 国务院办公厅关于转发知识产权局等单位深入实施国家知识产权战略行动计划 (2014–2020年) 的通知. No. 64 (2014).

  14. 14.

    State Council, Several Opinions on Accelerating Building China as a Powerful IP Country under New Conditions 关于新形势下加快知识产权强国建设的若干意见 No. 71 (2015). In 2016, the State Council issued another notice to disaggregate tasks mandated by the above opinions.

  15. 15.

    The Central Committee of the CCP and the State Council, Outline for Building a Powerful Intellectual Property Country (2021–2035) 知识产权强国建设纲要 (2021–2035年).

  16. 16.

    WTO, Ministerial Declaration, WT/MIN(01)/Dec/1, 20 November 2001, Paras. 18 and 19.

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Cheng, W. (2023). Introduction. In: China in Global Governance of Intellectual Property. Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24370-7_1

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