Innovation and IPRs in China and India Myths, Realities and Opportun
This book examines the two most populous nations on earth – India and China – in an effort to demystify the interaction between intellectual property rights (IPR) regimes, innovation and economic growth by critically looking at the economic and legal real
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Kung-Chung Liu Uday S. Racherla Editors
Innovation and IPRs in China and India Myths, Realities and Opportunities
China-EU Law Series
Volume 4
Series editor China-EU School of Law Editors-in-Chief Fei Liu Armin Hatje Editors Bj€ orn Ahl Rogier Creemers
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11933
Kung-Chung Liu • Uday S. Racherla Editors
Innovation and IPRs in China and India Myths, Realities and Opportunities
Editors Kung-Chung Liu Academia Sinica Institutum Iurisprudentiae Taipei Taiwan
Uday S. Racherla Department of Industrial and Management Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Kanpur India
ISSN 2198-2708 ISSN 2198-2716 (electronic) China-EU Law Series ISBN 978-981-10-0405-6 ISBN 978-981-10-0406-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-0406-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016935193 © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Science+Business Media Singapore Pte Ltd.
Foreword
Innovation is deemed to be one of the key drivers for economic growth, for the sustainable enhancement of general welfare and ultimately for a better life for everybody. The desirability of innovation therefore is largely undisputed, irrespective of the political organization of a national economy. Much to the contrary, a conclusive answer to the question what brings about innovation hardly can be given. We only may assume that an indefinite number of factors are likely to play a role. Such factors influence the decisions of those who potentially might innovate – but who possibly shrink back from the necessary steps if certain conditions are not fulfilled. It goes without saying that at least some of these factors directly or indirectly depend on state intervention, be it the legal framework of a national economy or further circumstances influenced by governments on different layers. It is,
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