全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP16987 Omnia Juncta in Uno: Foreign Powers and Trademark Protection in Shanghai's Concession Era

G2TT

来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP16987
	DP16987 Omnia Juncta in Uno: Foreign Powers and Trademark Protection in Shanghai's Concession Era
	Claudia Steinwender; Laura Alfaro; Maggie Chen; Cathy Bao; Junjie Hong
发表日期	2022-02-01
出版年	2022
语种	英语
摘要	We investigate how firms adapt to trademark protection, an extensively used but underexamined form of IP protection, by exploring a historical precedent: China's trademark law of 1923---an unanticipated and disapproved response to end foreign privileges in China. By exploiting a unique, newly digitized firm-employee-level dataset from Shanghai in 1872-1941, we show that the trademark law shaped firm dynamics on all sides of trademark conflicts. The law spurred growth and brand investment among Western firms with greater dependence on trademark protection. In contrast, Japanese businesses, which had frequently been accused of counterfeiting, experienced contractions while attempting to build their own brands after the law. The trademark law also led to new linkages with domestic agents, both within and outside the boundaries of Western firms, and the growth of Chinese intermediaries. At the aggregate level, trademark-intensive industries witnessed a net growth in employment and the number of product categories. A comparison with previous attempts by foreign powers---such as extraterritorial rights, bilateral treaties, and an unenforced trademark code---shows that those alternative institutions were ultimately unsuccessful.
主题	Economic History ; Industrial Organization ; International Trade and Regional Economics ; Organizational Economics
关键词	Trademarks Firm dynamics Intermediaries Intellectual property institutions
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp16987
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/545933
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Claudia Steinwender,Laura Alfaro,Maggie Chen,et al. DP16987 Omnia Juncta in Uno: Foreign Powers and Trademark Protection in Shanghai's Concession Era. 2022.