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Do Intellectual Property Rights Stimulate or Threaten Innovation?

11th June 2014 by Ian Harvey

The Chinese are often derided for counterfeiting everything in sight, but the reality is very different. As I write this in Beijing, I’m leafing through a Chinese comic book designed to teach seven-year olds about intellectual property. In today’s China, most children are taught the importance of IP and how it works as soon as they enter primary school. Since the early 1980s, the Chinese government has been intent on creating an economy in which IP plays a fundamental role. As former Premier Wen Jiabao often said, “competition in the future is competition in IP”. ....Read More

The European IP Marketplace

3rd December 2012 by Ian Harvey

Presentation from the IPBC conference in Beijing on 3rd December 2012 ....Read More

Intellectual Property: China in the Global Economy – Myth & Reality

21st September 2012 by Ian Harvey

Presentation in Singapore on 21st September 2012 ....Read More

Competitive Advantage in the Knowledge Economy: Innovation – Intellectual Property – Corporate Strategy

6th February 2012 by Ian Harvey

Presentation given on 6th February 2012 at Imperial College London Business School to the MBA IP Elective ....Read More

Intellectual Property Rights – Catalyst or Inhibitor of a Low Carbon Future?

29th April 2009 by Ian Harvey

Presentation given at IPAN on 29th April 2009 ....Read More

The Next Unseen Risk : Global Developments in IP

8th December 2008 by Ian Harvey

Presentation given at CIP Copenhagen on 8th December 2008 ....Read More

IPR and Low-carbon Technologies

5th December 2008 by Ian Harvey

In the final segment of a four-part series, Ian Harvey discusses how China can use intellectual property rights to promote the adoption of low-carbon technologies. ....Read More

Technology and IP: Problems and Solutions

28th November 2008 by Ian Harvey

In the third part of a series about intellectual property rights and low-carbon technologies, Ian Harvey investigates potential problems that may arise. ....Read More

Technology in a Warming World

21st November 2008 by Ian Harvey

In the second part of a series on chinadialogue, Ian Harvey says intellectual property rights will provide a catalyst for the deployment of low-carbon technologies. ....Read More

Myths and Legends

14th November 2008 by Ian Harvey

China is making intellectual property a mainstay of its economy. Problems remain, writes Ian Harvey, but complaints from western firms often betray ignorance and poor preparation.The obvious availability of counterfeit products in China obscures the huge progress that the country has made toward making intellectual property (IP) a mainstay of its economy. Problems remain, most of which the government is working hard to address. Some of these will take decades to truly change, but as premier Wen Jiabao has said on many occasions: “future competition in the world is IP competition”. ....Read More

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Key Articles

China in the Global Economy – Myth & Reality

Do Intellectual Property Rights Stimulate or Threaten Innovation?

IPR and Low-carbon Technologies

Technology and IP: Problems and Solutions

Technology in a Warming World

Myths and Legends

Intellectual Property Rights: The Catalyst to Deliver Low Carbon Technologies

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