China is amending its patent law this year, which will address criticism from the United States of inadequate intellectual property protection and also help stimulate innovation domestically.
This is the fourth amendment to the law, which will further strengthen protection of intellectual property (IP), noted Professor Huang Can of Zhejiang University at a two-day conference last week organised by the East Asian Institute of the National University of Singapore.
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