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Piracy and the State: The Politics of Intellectual Property Rights in China

Piracy and the State: The Politics of Intellectual Property Rights in China

by Martin Dimitrov (Author)

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    Hardcover 2009

    $131.63
Synopsis

In this original study of intellectual property rights (IPR) in relation to state capacity, Dimitrov analyzes this puzzle by offering the first systematic analysis of all IPR enforcement avenues in China, across all IPR subtypes. He shows that the extremely high volume of enforcement provided for copyrights and trademarks is unfortunately of a low quality, and as such serves only to perpetuate IPR violations. In the area of patents, however, he finds a low volume of high-quality enforcement. In light of these findings, the book develops a theory of state capacity that conceptualizes the Chinese state as simultaneously weak and strong. The book draws on extensive fieldwork in China and five other countries, as well as on 10 unique IPR enforcement datasets that exploit previously unexplored sources, including case files of private investigation firms.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 326
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07 Sep 2009
ISBN 10: 0521897319
ISBN 13: 9780521897310

Media Reviews
'... a major contribution to the literature on intellectual property rights (IPR), and governance more generally, in China. ... Lawyers, law and development scholars, international trade specialists, politicians and pundits should read this book to learn more about intellectual property protection in China.' The China Quarterly
Author Bio
Martin Dimitrov is Assistant Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. He has also been a post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University, in the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and in the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. He received his B.A. in government and French from Franklin and Marshall College and his Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University in 2004. His publications have appeared in the Journal of Democracy, Current History, and Twenty-First Century (Ershiyi shiji). He is currently working on a book-length study of the collapse and resilience of communist regimes.