TY - JOUR A1 - Muehlfeld, Katrin A1 - Wang, Mei T1 - Intellectual Property Rights in China—A Literature Review on the Public's Perspective T2 - Frontiers in Sociology N2 - Despite significant advances in terms of the adoption of formal Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection, enforcement of and compliance with IPR regulations remains a contested issue in one of the world's major contemporary economies—China. The present review seeks to offer insights into possible reasons for this discrepancy as well as possible paths of future development by reviewing prior literature on IPR in China. Specifically, it focuses on the public's perspective, which is a crucial determinant of the effectiveness of any IPR regime. It uncovers possible differences with public perspectives in other countries and points to mechanisms (e.g., political, economic, cultural, and institutional) that may foster transitions over time in both formal IPR regulation and in the public perception of and compliance with IPR in China. On this basis, the review advances suggestions for future research in order to improve scholars' understanding of the public's perspective of IPR in China, its antecedents and implications. KW - intellectual property rights KW - trademarks KW - China KW - public perception KW - patents KW - China KW - Geistiges Eigentum Y1 - 2022 UR - https://ubt.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1868 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:385-1-18681 VL - 2022 IS - Band 7 (2022) PB - Frontiers Media CY - Basel ER -