TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
AU  - 
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Intellectual Property in Asia: Law, Economics, History and Politics 
T2  - MPI Studies on Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law,
SN  - 9783540897026
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
KW  - Law
KW  - Comparative law
KW  - Commercial law
KW  - Political science
KW  - International & Foreign Law/Comparative Law
KW  - Law and Economics
KW  - Political Science
N1  - P. Goldstein, J. Straus: Introduction -- P. Ganea: Cambodia -- P. Ganea, J. Haijun: China -- T. Garde: India -- C. Antons: Indonesia -- P. Ganea, S. Nagaoka: Japan -- P. Ganea: Laos -- C. Antons: Malaysia -- F.M. Negre, J.Q. Perez -- N.-L. Wee Loon: Singapore -- J.-H. Park: South Korea -- P.C.B. Liu: Taiwan -- J. Sorg: Thailand -- V.D. Phan: Vietnam; ZDB-2-SHU
N2  - Introduction Intellectual property rights foster innovation. But if, as it surely does, ǣintellectual propertyǥ means not just intellectual property rulesthe law of patents, copyrights, trademarks, designs, trade secrets, and unfair competitionbut also intellectual property institutionsthe courts, police, regulatory agencies, and collecting soc- ties that administer these ruleswhat are the respective roles of intellectual property rules and institutions in fostering creativity? And, to what extent do forces outside intellectual property rules and institutionseconomics, culture, politics, historyalso contribute to innovation? Is it possible that these other factors so overwhelm the impact of intellectual property regimes that it is futile to expect adjustments in intellectual property rules and institutions to alter patterns of inno- tion and, ultimately, economic development? It was to address these questions in the most dynamic region of the world today, Asia, that we invited leading country experts to contribute studies that not only summarize the current condition of intellectual property regimes in countries ranging in economic size from Cambodia to Japan, and in population from Laos to China, but that also describe the historical sources of these laws and institutions; the realities of intellectual property enforcement in the marketplace; and the political, economic, educational, and scientific infrastructures that sustain and direct inve- ment in innovative activity. A
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89702-6
ER  -