Back to Black: justice.cn

Abstract

This short - peer reviewed - article touches on innovation in China in the field of smart phones, recent legislative reform in China for fostering intellectual property and combating counterfeit and trade mark grabbing. It also touches on human rights in China, the different approach in which the West advances its economic v human rights agenda and the selective way Silicon Valley industry participates in grass roots debate on civil liberties. The article also touches on the 'right to seek counsel' as one of the fundamental rights, which many arrested lawyers in China were deprived of during the July 2015 arrests.

Keywords: China, innovation, patents, human rights, fundamental rights, intellectual property, trademarks, trade marks, counterfeit, bad faith, national security law, Beijing, right to seek counsel, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, sixth Amendment, Charter, EPO

JEL Classification: K00, K10, K14, K19, K29, K33, K40, K41, K42, K49, L50, N45, O14, P20, P21, Z00