Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Imitation - An empirical examination of Japanese FDI in China -

Kegang You and Seiichi Katayama
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Kegang You: Faculty of Business Administration, Kobe University, Japan
Seiichi Katayama: Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University, Japan

No 169, Discussion Paper Series from Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University

Abstract: By using the data obtained from a questionnaire survey to the Japanese firms in China this paper empirically examines the effects of the IPRs protection against local illegal imitation. No evidence has been found in the test that the patent and trademark registration, which constitutes a part of the whole IPRs protection system, has protective effect. To the contrary the results suggest that the patent and trademark registration system may play a role in facilitating local illegal imitation and may be mediate technology transfer/diffusion in China.

Keywords: IPR; Patent; Imitation; Technology diffusion; FDI (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O34 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2003-02, Revised 2005-03
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