SMU Deputy Dean-designate of the School of Law Professor David Llewelyn shared his views on the high growth rate of international patent filings by Chinese companies. He noted that owning a patent is a liability and only becomes an asset once it has been commercialized. He commented that in China, the number of patents and patent applications has become ?a sign of corporate virility? where businesses aim to be able to proclaim ?my pile is bigger than yours?, however, size is not everything.
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