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Property law probably represents the most dramatic legal change in China. It was not too long ago that China considered the very notion of private property as completely foreign. Today, China continually makes fundamental changes in its property law. Intellectual Property (IP) makes a perfect companion to real property law, as it raises fundamental questions about whether it makes sense to have property rights in ideas and their applications.
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Feng, C., Nelson, L.P., Simon, T.W. (2016). Property: Real and Intellectual. In: China’s Changing Legal System. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137452061_6
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