Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
PART 1 General
CHAPTER 1 Intellectual Property Rights in Asia
I. Overview - Southeast Asia after TRIPs
II. Historical and Sociological Background
III. The Max Planck Institute's Asian Intellectual Property Series
IV. Table on Intellectual Property Legislation in Asian Countries - Developments in the Individual C
PART 2 Legal Mentality in Asia
CHAPTER 2 Legal Culture and History of Law in Asia
1. Introduction
2. "Traditional" and Religious Laws
3. The Modernisation of Asian Legal Systems in the 19th and 20th Centuries
4. Asian Legal Systems in the 20th Century: Post-colonial and Developmentalist Approaches to Law
5. A Short Survey of the Asian Legal Systems Covered in this Volume
PART 3 The "Mandarin" Jurisdictions
CHAPTER 3 China
I. Introductory Overview
1. Current Legal Instruments
2. International Treaties
3. Application Figures
4. History of the IP System
5. Institutions and Specialists
6. Reform Results
II. Patents, Utility Models and Designs
1. Subject Matter of Jurisdiction
2. Application Procedures
III. Trade Marks, Appellations of Origin and Domain Names
1. Subject Matter of Jurisdiction
2. Application Procedures
3. Domain Names
IV. Unfair Competition/Passing-Off/Protection of Well-Known Marks/Trade Secrets
1. The Act against Unfair Competition (hereinafter UCA)
2. Protection of Well-known Marks
3. Protection of Trade Secrets
V. Copyrights
1. Subject Matter of Copyright Protection
2. Subject Matter of Neighbouring Rights Protection
3. Protection of Database and Other Forms of Investment
VI. Licensing and Technology Transfer
1. Applicable Rules
2. New scope of application
3. Procedures for Transfer or Licensing
4. Other statutory law regarding license agreements
5. Anti-trust Control
VII. Matters Related to Enforcement Procedures
1. Civil and Administrative Enforcement
2. Border Enforcement
3. Criminal Enforcement
VIII. Academic Writings on the IP System (Chinese, English and German)
CHAPTER 4 Taiwan
I. Introductory Overview
1. Current Legal Instruments
2. International Treaties
3. Application Figures
4. History of Taiwan's IP System
5. Institutions and Specialists
6. Reform Proposals
7. Further Issues
II. Patents
1. Subject Matter of Jurisdiction
2. Application Procedures
3. Contents of Rights
III. Trade Marks, Appellations of Origin and Domain Names
1. Subject Matter of Jurisdiction
2. Subject Matter and Types of Marks
3. Application Procedure
4. Term and Use
5. Classification of Goods and Services
6. Geographical Indications
7. Domain Names
IV. Unfair Competition/Passing-Off/Protection of Well-Known Marks/Trade Secrets
1. Unfair Competition
2. Passing-Off
3. Famous Marks
4. Trade Secrets
V. Copyrights
1. Subject Matter of Copyright Protection
2. Protected Works
3. Copyright Authorship and Ownership
4. Moral Rights
5. Exclusive Rights
6. Terms of Protection; Formalities; Registration
7. Limitations on Exclusive Rights
8. Compulsory Licences; Translations
9. Subject Matter of Neighbouring Rights Protection
10. Protection of Database and Other Forms of Investment
VI. Licensing and Technology Transfer
1. Government Policy
2. Legal Rules
3. Anti-trust Rules
VII. Matters Related to Enforcement Procedures
1. Civil Enforcement
2. Administrative Enforcement
3. Criminal Enforcement
VIII. Academic Writings on the IP System (both English and native language)
CHAPTER 5 Hong Kong
I. Introduction
1. Current Legal Instruments
2. International Treaties
3. Application Figures
4. History of Hong Kong's Intellectual Property System
5. Institutions and Specialists
6. Reform Proposals
II. Standard Patents, Short-term Patents and Registered Designs
1. Standard Patents
2. Short-term Patents
3. Registered Designs Ordinance
III. Trade Marks, Appellations of Origin and Domain Names
1. Trade Marks
2. Appellations of Origin
3. Domain Names
IV. Unfair Competition/Passing-off/Well-known Marks/Trade Secrets
1. Unfair Competition in General
2. Passing-off
3. Well-known Marks
4. Trade Secrets
V. Copyright
VI. licensing and Transfer of Intellectual Property Rights
VII. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
CHAPTER 6 Macao
I. Introductory Overview
1. Current Legal Instruments
2. International Treaties
3. Application Figures
4. History of the IP System
5. Institutions and Specialists
6. Reform Proposals
7. Further Issues
II. Patents, Utility Models, Semiconductors Topographies and Industrial Designsand Models
1. Subject Matter of Jurisdiction
2. Ownership and Right to Registration
3. Application Procedures
4. Contents of Rights
5. Duration of Rights
III. Trade Marks, Denominations of Origin, Geographical Indications and Domain Names
1. Subject Matter of Jurisdiction
2. Ownership and Right to Registration
3. Application Procedures
4. Content of Rights
5. Duration of Rights
6. Domain Names
IV. Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets
V. Copyright
1. Subject Matter of Copyright Protection
2. Protection Requirements
3. Ownership of Copyright
4. Contents of Copyright
5. Fair Use
6. Duration of Copyright
7. Subject Matter of Neighbouring Rights Protection
VI. Licensing and Technology Transfer
1. Licensing and Assignment of Intellectual Property Rights
2. Contractual Clauses on Competition
3. IP Aspects of Franchising Contract
4. Restrictions on Imports and Exports
VII. Matters Related to Enforcement Procedures
I. Civil Enforcement
2. Administrative Enforcement
3. Criminal Enforcement
VIII. Academic Writings on the IP System
CHAPTER 7 Japan
I. Introductory Overview
1. Current Legal Instruments
2. International Treaties
3. Application Figures
4. History of the IP System
5. Institutions and Specialists
6. Reform Proposals
II. Patents, Utility Models and Designs
1. Subject Matter of Jurisdiction
2. Inventorship and Ownership
3. Application Procedure
4. Contents of Right
5. Limits of Right
6. Cancellation/ Revocation
7. Utility Models
8. Designs
III. Trade Marks, Appellations of Origin and Domain Names
1. Subject Matter of Jurisdiction
2. Application Procedures
3. Contents of Right
4. Limits of Right
5. Cancellation and Revocation
6. Other Types of Marks
7. Trade Names
8. Domain Names
IV. Unfair Competition/Passing-Off/Protection of Well-Known Marks/Trade Secrets
1. Subject Matter of Jurisdiction and Statutory Protection
2. Individual Acts of Unfair Competition
V. Copyright and Related Rights
1. Subject Matter of Protection
2. Authors and Owners
3. Rights and Limits
4. Limits
5. Infringement/Enforcement
6. Neighbouring Rights
VI. Licensing and Technology Transfer
1. Policy
2. Objects of Technology Transfer
3. Rights and Obligations of the Contracting Parties
4. Terminating Technology Transfer Agreements
5. Licensing and Antitrust
VII. Enforcement
1. General Remarks
2. Competent Parties
3. Preparation for Trial
4. The Main Action
5. Remedies
6. Administrative Enforcement
VIII. Writings on the IP System (both English and Japanese)
CHAPTER 8 Korea
I. Introductory Overview
1. Historical Background
2. Current Legal Instruments
3. International Treaties
4. Application Figures
II. Patents, Utility Models and Designs
1. General
2. Application Procedures
3. Allocation and Scope of Rights
4. Utility Models
5. Industrial Designs
III. Trade Marks
1. General
2. Procedures
3. Contents of Right
4. Domain Names
IV. Unfair Competition/Trade Secrets
V. Copyrights
VI. Technology Transfer Rules
1. General
2. International Contracts for the Introduction of Technology
3. Antitrust Rules Governing Transfer Agreements
VII. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Right
1. Civil Remedies
2. Criminal Sanctions
PART 4 The ASEAN Countries
CHAPTER 9 The Harmonisation of Intellectual Property Rights in ASEAN
I. Introduction
II. Background
1. Effects of the TRIPs Agreement, Regional and International Interactions
2. Drafting the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Intellectual Property Cooperation
3. The ASEAN WGIPC
4. The Concept Paper on the Regional Trademark System
5. The Hanoi Plan of Action
6. The ASEAN Regional Filing System
III. The Latest Status
IV. Analysis
Appendix 1: ASEAN FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COOPERATION Bangkok, 15 December 1995
Appendix 2: DRAFT ASEAN FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON ACCESS TO BIOLOGICAL AND GENETIC RESOURCES Draft Text
CHAPTER 10 Vietnam
I. Introductory Overview
1. Current Legal Instruments
2. International Treaties
3. Application Figures
4. History of Vietnam's IP System
5. Institutions and Specialists
6. Reform Proposals
7. Further Issues
II. Patents, Utility Models and Designs
1. Subject Matter of Jurisdiction
2. Application Procedures
III. Trade Marks, Appellations of Origin and Domain Names
1. Subject Matter of Protection
2. Procedures
3. Domain Names
IV. Unfair Competition, Passing-off/Protection of Well-known marks/Trade Secrets
1. Unfair Competition Prevention
2. Trade Secrets
3. Geographical Indications
4. Trade Names
5. Enforcement
V. Copyrights
I. Subject Matter of Copyright Protection
2. Subject Matter of Neighbouring Rights Protection
3. Protection of Database and Other Forms of Investment
VI. Licensing and Technology Transfer
1. Applicable Rules
2. Procedures for the Licence or Transfer of an Intellectual Property Right
3. Contracts Requiring Ministerial Approval
4. Anti-competitive Clauses
VII. Matters Related to Enforcement Procedures
1. Administrative Enforcement
2. Civil Enforcement
3. Criminal enforcement
VIII. literature
CHAPTER 11 Singapore
I. Introductory Overview
1. Current Legal Instruments
2. International Treaties
3. Application Figures
4. Institutions and Specialists
5. Reform Proposals
II. Patents and Designs
1. Patents
2. Designs
III. Trade Marks, Appellations of Origin and Domain Names
1. Common Law: Passing-off
2. Trade Marks Act 1998
3. Domain Names
4. Geographical Indications Act 1998
IV. Passing -off and Trade Secrets
1. Passing-off
2. Trade Secrets
V. Copyrights
1. Subject Matter of Copyright Protection
2. Subject Matter of Neighbouring Rights Protection
3. Protection of Databases and Lay-out Designs
VI. Licensing and Technology Transfer
VII. Matters Relating to Enforcement Procedures
VIII. Academic Writings on the Singapore IP System
CHAPTER 12 Malaysia
I. Introductory Overview
1. Current Legal Instruments
2. International Treaties
3. History of the IP System
4. Institutions and Specialists
II. Patends, Utility Innovations and Industrial Designs
1. Patents and Utility Innovations
2. Industrial Designs
III. Trade Marks and Domain Names
1. Trade Marks
2. Domain Names
IV. Passing Off/Well-known Marks/Geographical Indications/Trade Secrets
1. Passing Off
2. Protection of Well-Known Marks
3. Geographical Indications
4. Trade Secrets
V. Copyright
VI. Protection of Other Intellectual Property Rights
1. Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 2000
2. Optical Discs Act 2000
VII. licensing and Technology Transfer
VIII. Matters Related to Enforcement
1. Criminal Action
2. Civil Action
CHAPTER 13 Thailand
I. Introductory Overview
1. Current Legal Instruments
2. International Treaties
3. Application Figures
4. History of Thailand's IP system
5. Institutions and Specialists
6. Further Issues
II. Patents, Utility Models and Designs
1. Subject Matter of Jurisdiction
2. Application Procedures
III. Trade Marks, Appellations of Origin and Domain Names
1. Subject Matter of Protection
2. Procedures
3. Domain Names
IV. Unfair Competition, Passing-off/Protection of Well-known Marks/Trade Secrets
1. Unfair Competition
2. Trade Secrets
3. Well-known Marks
V. Copyrights
1. Subject Matter of Copyright Protection
2. Rights Conferred
3. Subject Matter of Neighbouring Rights Protection
4. Protection of Databases and Other Forms of Investment
VI. Licensing and Technology Transfer
1. Applicable Rules
2. Procedures for the Licence or Transfer of an Intellectual Property Right
3. Anti-competitive Clauses
VII. Matters Related to Enforcement Procedures
1. Administrative Enforcement
2. Civil Enforcement
3. Criminal Enforcement
CHAPTER 14 The Philippines
I. Introductory Overview
1. Current Legal Instruments
2. International Treaties
3. Application Figures (1998 and 1999)
4. History of Philippine Intellectual Property System
5. Institutions and Specialists
6. Reform Proposals
II. Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs
1. Subject Matter of Jurisdiction
2. Application Procedure
3. Term
4. Extent of Protection
III. Trade Marks, Appellations of Origin and Domain Names
1. Subject Matter
2. Application Procedures
3. Contents of Right
IV. Unfair Competition/Passing-Off/Protection of Well-known Marks/Trade Secrets
1. Unfair Competition/ Passing-Off
2. Internationally Well-Known Marks
V. Copyright
1. Subject Matter of Copyright Protection
2. Subject Matter of Neighbouring Rights Protection
3. Extent of Protection
VI. licensing and Technology Transfer
1. Rules and Definitions
2. Procedures for License or Transfer
3. Anti-trust Control
4. Approval for Other Reasons
VII. Matters Related to Enforcement Procedures
1. Administrative Actions
2. Civil Action
3. Criminal Action
CHAPTER 15 Indonesia
I. Introductory Overview
1. Current legal instruments
2. International Treaties
3. Application Figures
4. History of the IP system
5. Institutions and Specialists
6. Reform Proposals
7. Policy Issues
II. Patents, Utility Models and Designs
1. Subject Matter of Jurisdiction
III. Trade Marks, Indications of Origin and Domain Names
1. Subject Matter of Jurisdiction
2. Application Procedures
3. Domain Names
IV. Unfair Competition, Passing Off and Trade Secrets
V. Copyrights
1. Subject Matter of Copyright Protection
2. Subject Matter of Neighbouring Rights Protection
3. Protection of Database and Other Forms of Investment
VI. Licensing and Technology Transfer
1. Applicable Rules
2. Procedures for Licence or Transfer
3. Anti-trust Control
VII. Matters Related to Enforcement Procedures
1. Civil Enforcement
2. Administrative Enforcement
3. Criminal Enforcement
VIII. Academic writings on the IP system
PART 5 The Indian Subcontinent
CHAPTER 16 India
I. Introductory Overview
1. Current Legal Instruments
2. International Treaties
3. Application Figures
4. History of India's IP System
5. Institutions and Law Practice
6. Reform Proposals
7. Further Issues
II. Patents and Designs
1 . Patents
2. Designs
III. Trade Marks, Geographical Indications and Domain Names
1. Trade Marks
2. Geographical Indications
3. Domain Names
IV. Unfair Competition/Passing Off/Well-Known Marks/Trade Secrets
1. Unfair Competition/Passing Off/Protection of Well-Known Marks
2. Trade Secret Protection
V. Copyrights
1. Subject matter
2. Neighbouring Rights and Databases
3. Registration Procedure
4. Infringement
5. Enforcement
6. Assignment and Licensing
VI. Licensing and Technology Transfer
1. Applicable Rules
2. Approval Procedure
3. Registration Procedure for the License or Transfer of Intellectual Property
4. Anti-Competitive or Restrictive Trade Practices
5. Enforcement of MRTP Act
VII. Matters Related to Enforcement
1. Civil Remedies
2. Criminal Remedy
3. Administrative Remedy
VIII. Academic Writings on India's IP System
PART 6 Internet References
CHAPTER 17 Legal Material Related to Asian Intellectual Property on the World Wide Web
I. International Organizations
II. International Laws, Treaties, Agreements and Conventions
III. Selected Countries
1. China
2. Taiwan
3. Hong Kong
4. Japan
5. Korea
6. Vietnam
7. Singapore
8. Malaysia
9. Thailand
10. The Philippines
11. Indonesia
Index.