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Patent power: IP protection
HOME > PAST ISSUE > COVER STORY [Premium content]September 2007
Chinese law and patents and pharmaceutical compounds
Ten years ago, if you asked a Chinese scientist whether he was interested in registering some intellectual property, the answer would probably be a sharp "no." The level of suspicion was so high and the level IP protection so low that secrecy was seen as the only means of keeping an idea secure.
After all, it wasn't until 1993 that patents and pharmaceutical compounds were officially covered by Chinese law.
Since then, conditions have improved greatly for both foreign ...
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