Study On Patent Protection Of Traditional Chinese Medicine Enterprises In Our Country

Traditional Chinese medicine is the special resources and one of the few international standard industries of our country. After joining WTO, it is more obvious. But facing with the austere competition of international market, it is more severe for the lower technology innovation traditional Chinese medicine enterprises of our country. In order to consolidating domestic market, opening and occupying international market, traditional Chinese medicine enterprises of our country must develop technology innovation and accelerate modernization growing. But applying for and acquiring patents are and the fundamental measure to occupying and controlling market in advance by law, and moving forward Traditional Chinese medicine enterprises' development. So traditional Chinese medicine enterprises should strengthen patent protection and have more Own Intellectual Property, and enhance the competitive ability. From these, traditional Chinese medicine enterprises can develop quickly, continually and steadily, and form the traditional Chinese medicine' quality standard system of our country.This paper from the direction of patent protection, firstly describes the significance, current status and reasons for lack of patent protection system of traditional Chinese medicine enterprises. Then summarizes all kinds of protection ways of traditional Chinese medicine. And utilizing the theory of traditionalChinese medicine enterprises' patent protection, some advices have been put forward in this paper for strengthening traditional Chinese medicine enterprises' patent protection. The aim of the paper is that government traditional Chinese medicine industry and traditional Chinese medicine enterprises of our country can attach very great importance to patent protection, and make effort together to enhance the ability and level of utilizing Intellectual Property of traditional Chinese medicine enterprises of our country.