Chapter I Discovering Technological Opportunity &Designing Patent PortfolioChapter I-I Obtaining advantages from knowledge base: mapping thepotential to develop new technologies / 3Chapter I-II Spatio-temporal evolution, country differences and the roleof proximity: an investigation of international patenting / 28Chapter I-III Discovering technology opportunities of latecomers based onRGNN and patent data: the example of Huawei in self-driving vehicle industry / 76Chapter I-IV Is worldwide patent protection converging? A cross -countryindex of patent protection strength 1990-2020 / 110Chapter I-V Exploring the evolution and determinants of open innovation:a perspective from patent citations / 156Chapter II Assessing & Preventing Patent RisksChapter II-I Assessing the infringement risk of patent portfolios usingnetwork analysis and IF-TOPSIS: A case of standard-essentialpatent portfolios in the ICT industry / 175Chapter II-II A patent infringement early -warning methodology based onintuitionistic fuzzy sets: A case study of Huawei / 209Chapter II-III Preventing patent risks in artificial intelligence industry forsustainable development: a multi-level network analysis / 248Chapter II-IV Obtaining the advantages from technology revolution: A patentroadmap for competition analysis and strategy planning / 279Chapter III Promoting International Technology DiffusionChapter III-I Investigating diffusion and convergence trajectory of hydrogenstorage technology based on patent analysis / 307·ⅱ·Chapter III-II Emerging technology identification based on a dynamicframework: a lifecycle evolution perspective / 334Chapter III-III Factors affecting the evolution of technical cooperation among“Belt and Road Initiative” countries based on TERGMs andERGMs / 355Chapter III-IV Mapping the landscape of international technology diffusion(1994-2017): network analysis of transnational patents / 378Chapter IV Patent Strategies in Emerging Technology IndustriesChapter IV-I Challenges of artificial intelligence to patent law and copyrightlaw and countermeasures / 419Chapter IV-II Obtaining a sustainable competitive advantage from patentinformation: a patent analysis of the graphene industry / 439Chapter IV-III The potential challenges of 3D printing technology on patentenforcement and considerations for countermeasures inChina / 476·ⅲ·ContentsChapter IV-IV Intellectual property regulation and management in the SinoUS collaboration on CCS technology / 495Chapter IV-V Determining the similarity of automobile designs beforeChinese courts / 508Chapter IV-VI The patent protection for business method inventions in China/ 522Chapter IV-VII The new developments in patent protection for inventionsinvolving computer programs in China—A study based on thenewly amended Chinese Patent Examination Guidelines / 541Chapter IV-VIII Patents: patent strategies for biotechnology enterprises / 553Chapter V Parallel Imports of Patented GoodsChapter V-I Development of patent exhaustion in China / 563Chapter V-II Exhaustion and parallel imports in China / 583·ⅳ·Chapter V-III An inquiry into the issue of exhaustion of patent right underWTO legal system / 599Chapter V-IV The new regulations regarding customs protection of intellectual property rights of the People??s Republic of China / 615Chapter VI Development of Patent System in China &Beyond and Its EffectsChapter VI-I The fourth amendment of Chinese Patent Law and discussionon its practical effects / 625Chapter VI-II The special protection of Traditional Chinese Medicine and itscomparison with patent protection in China / 640Chapter VI-III Intellectual property courts in China / 653Chapter VI-IV Development of Patent Prosecution Highway in China / 662Chapter VI-V Patent enforcement in China / 672·ⅴ·ContentsChapter VI-VI The impact of the amendments of the Chinese patent systemon the technological and economic progress in China / 700Chapter VI-VII Institutional infrastructure for IPR-based developmentin China / 712Chapter VI-VIII The second amendment of the Chinese Patent Law and thecomparison between the new Patent Law and TRIPSAgreement / 779Chapter VI-IX International trademark protection strength: 1990-2020 / 799