ABSTRACT
This chapter identifies some of the peculiarities and the importance of Asia, and IP success stories in Asia. It then sets out some structural features of the IP landscape in the major Asian jurisdictions, including national IP strategy as a common phenomenon, dominance of statutory laws drafted by IP technocrats, and specialized IP judges, chambers or courts. This chapter continues to highlight some distinctively Asian developments, such as sweeping criminalization of copyright infringement, the explosion in the number of registered trademarks, and some Asian standards on FRAND licensing of SEPs. To conclude, this chapter points out important issues to be addressed in future. This chapter provides a general picture rather than a detailed analysis of any specific IP questions in Asia.
