Preface

In the process of writing the book, I have come to realize the difficulty in producing a book that will “work” not only for law students and attorneys who are relatively new to the field of intellectual property law, but also to the general public readers all over the world.

My goal in writing the book is not to supplant the litigation casebooks now on the market, but rather to let the readers make their own judgments by providing readers a real "feel" of a Chinese judge's thought in decision-making

Dongtao on Law consists of 99 cases covering principle legal doctrines of Chinese copyright law, trademark law, unfair competition law, contract law and cyberlaw. Each case has been carefully designed with an illustration for the purpose of a succinct demystification.

I gratefully acknowledge professor Dorothy Li and professor Michael W. Franklin of the John Marshall Law School for their precious encouragement and very helpful feedback on earlier translations of this book.