Recent inc R ease in patent licensing in china and its effect on s outh -s outh technology t R ansfe R

The so-called “Technology Trade Markets”, partly funded by central and regional governments, have been growing steadily in china over the last 10 years. Although it was pointed out that pure technology transfer especially with intellectual property right has not been popular until very recently, since 2008 we have observed extraordinary growth of patent licensing contracts. Analytical study has shown that the increase in patent licensing is attributable to demand of innovative technology by firms and government policy to boost patent licensing.