China Hearsay’s Stan Abrams takes a critical look at statistics about trademark registrations in China. He is rightly filleting the alleged relationship between increased trademark registrations and a growing awareness of trademark protection among Chinese entreprises, read more here.
However it could be said that the growth of trademark registrations in China would indicate two things:
– More companies want to build their own brand;
– Brands are a way to exploit innovation. So you can have a patented invention, which needs a trademark if you want to sell. The question, however, remains: if there are more vehicles of commerce for innovative products, will there be more innovation? In other words:
More trademarks equals more innovation?
多商標 = 多技術創新?
