Comparative Study on Patent Claim Interpretation: The United States and China
This book focuses on a comparative study of claim interpretation in the USA and China and addresses the question of whether the law of claim interpretation functions similarly or differently in the two countries. By an in-depth analysis of claim interpretation, this book provides researchers and legal professionals a perspective to understand the practice of protecting patents in the US and Chinese courts.
To examine the law in the USA, this book mainly focuses on cases and statutes, while using literature such as treatises, journal articles, and books as secondary references. When examining the law in China, in addition to statutes, cases, and secondary references, this book also covered judicial interpretation, which is an important primary authority in Chinese legal system. This is not only the first book to cover patent claim interpretation in China, but the only book which looked into the details of judicial opinions of Chinese courts in patent dispute.
Zhe Peng is an associate professor of Law at Shandong University, China, the associate director of Shandong Province Copyright Teaching and Research Center, and an arbitrator of Weihai Arbitration Center. Her research is on intellectual property law and regulations with regard to pharmaceutical and telecommunications industry.