The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Innovation Spaces: The Cases of China and India
Holgersson, M. (2015) “The role of intellectual property rights in innovation spaces: The cases of China and India”. In McKelvey, M. and Bagchi-Sen, S. (Eds.) Innovation Spaces in Asia: Entrepreneurs, Multinational Enterprises and Policy, Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishers.
16 Pages Posted: 27 Aug 2014 Last revised: 7 Feb 2015
Date Written: August 25, 2014
Abstract
This chapter describes the development of China and India as innovation spaces, with a focus on the developments of their patent systems, and related policies, and on the flows of patents into and out from these countries. This chapter aims to bring some clarity to the current developments of China and India as innovation spaces, especially in terms of their intellectual property rights developments. More specifically, the chapter aims to answer three questions related to this development: (1) Who patents in China and India? (2) Where do Chinese and Indian inventors patent? (3) What do Chinese and Indian inventors patent?
Keywords: innovation policy, intellectual property policy, China, India, intellectual property rights, patent system, economic growth, catch-up
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