Contents:

1 INTRODUCTION     2 THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM     Table 1 MOST POPULAR PIRATED CLOTHING BRANDS IN HUATING MARKET, SPRING 2000*     3 THE SITUATION AT THE END OF 2000     4 TRADEMARK LAW IN CHINA       4.1 Trademark Law before 1982       4.2 Trademarks and Trademark Law       4.3 Trademark Registration       4.4 The Madrid Agreement and the Paris Convention       4.5 Trademark Infringement and Enforcement       4.6 Other Legal Approaches relevant to Trademarks     5 TRADEMARK PROTECTION AND THE EXPERIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS       5.1 Initial Perspective       5.2 Counterfeit Goods       5.3 Counterfeiting and Corruption of Local Officials       5.4 Deficiencies of the Legal & Judicial Framework identified by the Business Community     6 COPYRIGHT LAW IN CHINA       6.1 Copyright Law before 1990       6.2 Copyright and Copyright Law       6.3 Copyright Infringement and Enforcement       6.4 Special Legal Provisions for Computer Software and Music     7 COPYRIGHT PROTECTION AND THE EXPERIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS       7.1 Initial Perspectives       7.2 Piracy of Software and Music       7.3 Software Industry       Table 2 TOTAL MARKET FOR THE SOFTWARE AND SOFTWARE SERVICES IN CHINA 1994-1999     8 CONCLUSIONS     9 APPENDIX       9.1 The China Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition       Table 3 MULTINATIONAL MEMBERS OF THE CHINA ANTI-COUNTERFEITING COALITION 2000       9.2 China’s Copyright Agencies & Enforcement Bodies – Responsibilities and Areas of Activity       9.3 Round-up of China’s Intellectual Property Rights Laws       9.4 Exchange Rates       Table 4 AVERAGE ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES BETWEEN RMB AND US$ 1994–2000       Table 5 AVERAGE ANNUAL EXCHANGE RATES BETWEEN HK$, RMB & US$ 1994–2000