Final Research Report: Patent Pools in China - Patenting Behavior of Foreign Invested Firms and Its Implication on Local Innovation Capabilities and IP Policy Challenges
Abstract
The research project is designed under situation that developing countries such as China,
suffer greatly from technical monopolies and tight technology controls by larger multinational
corporations in their invested regions, due to their limited technological capabilities, especially
due to legislative power on newly developed technologies such as patented inventions. Patented
technologies in China in recent years become increasingly competitive and largely controlled by
MNEs, with patent pool being one of the most significant power over local companies by foreign
firms in typical high tech fields. Technological gap between developing countries and developed
countries thus in this regard is increasingly severer. Therefore, the research project may provide
helpful lessons and reference to policy makers, local companies in FDI hosting countries, as well
as to internationally invested firms.
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IDRC Final Report
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Keywords
PATENT POOLS, CHINA, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INNOVATION, COMPETITION LAW