Patent Examination at the State Intellectual Property Office in China -- The Relationship between Trade and Intellectual Property Rights in China -- The Relationship between Foreign Direct Investments and Intellectual Property Rights in China -- Conclusion

The book investigates the interplay of brand equity and technological assets at the corporate level. In a grounded theory approach it develops a model of how companies in technology intensive industries can improve the appropriation of the returns of their intangible technological assets with...

Copyright affects the distribution of creative content. Taking works off copyright promotes their availability, which benefits consumers. But it also allows generic entry to dissipate producer surplus. This paper examines the effect of a copyright on the availability and price of books when...