IP Outreach Research > IP Use and Awareness
Reference
Title: | Field Survey for Infringement of Intellectual Property Right in China |
Author: | [Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry] |
Source: | http://www.meti.go.jp/english/report/data/050623ChinaIPR.html |
Year: | 2005 |
Details
Subject/Type: | IP Protection |
Focus: | Economic / Financial Impact, Enforcement |
Country/Territory: | China |
Objective: | To assess the intellectual property rights climate in China faced by Japanese companies. |
Sample: | 134 Japanese corporations that have gained ground or are doing business in China |
Methodology: | Survey |
Main Findings
In 2003 and 2004, 77.6% of surveyed companies have suffered from infringement of intellectual property rights (IPR) in China (22.4% have not). 50.0% of those companies affected by IPR infringements reported that they had resorted to administrative, criminal or civil remedial procedures. Administrative procedures were by far the most used remedial strategy; companies only infrequently employed criminal and civil procedures.
Common reasons given for not using remedial procedures include “insufficient information concerning the infringement”, “no fact of infringement of IPR”, and “no expectation of advantageous effect”. Most rights infringements related to trademarks, and a few to patents and designs.
[Date Added: Jan 20, 2009 ]