From Xinhua,via China Daily:
A large number of China’s colleges and universities are unaware of their intellectual property rights, according to a recent survey.
The survey, conducted by the Zhejiang Polytechnic University at the request of the State Intellectual Property Office, shows that 75 percent of China’s colleges and universities have never or have applied for very few patent rights in the past five years…
The survey shows that nearly 30 percent of research achievements made by Chinese colleges and universities have lost as a result of lacking patent protection. Some of the research results have been stolen and some have gone with researchers when they changed jobs, said Yuan, who is one of the directors of the survey team.
