China and Indonesia just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on IPR cooperation, see here. In regard to the necessity of the protection of traditional knowledge and genetic resources China has found an ally in Indonesia.
Peter Leung of Managing IP wrote the blog post Intellectual Property with Chinese characteristics about China’s more assertive stance in regard to international IP standards. That while smaller countries work to comply to international IP standards, “China, while also doing that, has also the clout to change the standard themselves.”
It will be interesting to watch whether cooperation with countries such as Indonesia can help in accomplishing China’s goal of establishing traditional knowledge and genetic resources as an international IPR norm.
