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In the current scenario of the global economy and race for the next Asian super power, overall economic strength of the two countries, India and China, is a most debated topic. The future role of intellectual property protection especially in the form of patent system and the growth of industrialization for these two developing economies in ASIA may prove to be crucial over all other assets. In the current development scene of the changing global market supported by intangible asset of inventions protected mainly through the patents is emerging to play an important role. This paper elaborates the statistical research on patents granted/filed in the US Patent and Trade Mark office (US-PTO), PCT of WIPO and in the home countries over last 35 years of aforesaid two Asian countries. It is found that the economic and technological growth of both of the countries may make main difference primarily based on the level of patenting activity by them.
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Enforcement of IPRs concerns not just patents, but also other types of intellectual property, primarily trademarks and copyrights. For more information on the administration of IPR enforcement in China, see a forthcoming OECD publication on public governance in China (OECD 2005).
GERD expenditures are expressed in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). It is possible that such figures may overstate the magnitude of China’s R&D effort. See Schaaper (2004) for a methodological note on measurement issue and a comparison between GERD in PPP and in current US dollars. Extension of the statistical scope for business R&D expenditure in 2000 explained part of the dramatic growth of China’s R&D expenditure before and after 2000.
Dr. Suman Sahai, THE TRIPS AGREEMENT: Implications for Developing Countries, Gene Campaign J-235/A, Sainik Farms, Khanpur http://www.genecampaign.org/Publication/Article/IPR/tripsagreementImplicationFor%20Developing%20Countries.pdf.
State Intellectual Property Right Office China Statistics (SIPO).
Annual Report IPO Indian Statistics 2008–2009.
Intellectual Property Organization (IPO Indian Statistics (2008–2009).
Annual Report IPO Indian Statistics in US-PTO (2009).
World Intellectual Property Right Organization (WIPO) Statistics Report 2009.
Source: World Economic Forum. www.weforum.org/en/.
Report: Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy, 30 June 2010.
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Kumar, R., Tripathi, R.C. & Tiwari, M.D. A case study of impact of patenting in the current developing economies in Asia. Scientometrics 88, 575–587 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0405-y
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