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China Patent Reform. When China is Good.....

By Dan Harris and Steve Dickinson

Regular readers know that CLB generally does not like to write much about upcoming laws. There are three reasons for this. One, there are plenty of existing laws about which to write and those, for obvious reasons, tend to be more central. Two, upcoming China laws often never come. Three, it is difficult to write about a law without having seen it in action first. On top of that, I generally avoid writing about patent laws because I am not a patent lawyer. But I am going to violate all of the above by pointing out an excellent Wall Street Journal opinion piece, entitled, "Patent Reform With Chinese Characteristics: Beijing's amended intellectual property law holds dangers." The piece is written by Ronald A. Cass, dean emeritus of Boston University School of Law, president of Cass & Associates, and former vice-chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission. The reason I so much like this article is because it so clearly explains much of the current patent situation in China and the likely implications of the Third Amendment to China's patent law, which was approved in late December and is scheduled to go into effect in October. If you are interested in learning more about China's IP policies, this article is a must read.

Full post as published by China Law Blog on February 13, 2009 (boomark / email).