Intellectual Property in the Global Trading System: Eu-China Perspective

by Wei Shi

Book Overview

Having explored multifaceted issues of IPR enforcement, this book argues that IPR enforcement problem is not an actual outcome of Confucian philosophy and "to steal a book" is not an "elegant offence." This book demonstrates that counterfeiting and piracy are common inevitable consequences of inadequate economic development and a by-product of a unique set of socioeconomic crises deriving from the development of a dysfunctional institutional regime...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540777369
• ISBN13: 9783540777366
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"