Perspectives on current protection of intellectual property rights for traditional chinese medicine
10.13220/j.cnki.jipr.2015.04.007
- Author:
Mei-Ying LI
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Author Information
1. Traditional Chinese Medicine Preparations
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Intellectual property;
Patent law;
Protection of traditional Chinese medicine preparations;
Traditional Chinese medicine
- From:
Journal of International Pharmaceutical Research
2015;42(4):467-472
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Traditional Chinese medicine (Td), a treasure of the Chinese nation, is the intellectual essence of Chinese traditional culture. In the 21st Century, TCM industry is one of the most prospective industry. It is quite important to protect the intellectual property rights of TCM and develop the TCM industry for maintaining the heritage of traditional cultural and defending our position as the TCM original country. This paper summarizes the status quo of the protection and the dilemma facing TCM intellectual property protection, and discusses the effective measures with cultural characteristics for intellectual property rights of TCM.
