(University of Oregon School of Law, 2011) Yu, Peter K.
This Article scrutinizes China’s participation in the international
intellectual property regime and its role in both the WTO and WIPO.
Part I discusses China’s engagement with international intellectual
property norms before its accession to the WTO in December 2001. It
points out that China is not the “norm breaker” one typically infers
from its disappointing record of intellectual property protection.
Instead, the country should be viewed as a “norm taker,” having
accepted most of the WIPO-administered intellectual property treaties
available for ratification.
