Implementation of International Trade Rules Governing Software Protection and Development in Four Asian Jurisdictions (Part 2)

Multilateral and regional trade rules are improved to meet the increasing needs for software protection and development. Nonetheless, in Southeast Asia and China, there are still discrepancies among countries at different development levels to keep their relevant domestic law and policy in line with those international trade rules. Therefore this article will undertake to closely examine the status on the implementation of relevant multilateral rules, e.g. World Trade Organization (WTO) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) agreements as well as regional rules, e.g. ASEAN and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) rules in four jurisdictions: China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand