对中国中医药知识产权保护现行制度的思考

Perspectives on current protection of intellectual property rights for traditional Chinese medicine

中医药是中华民族的瑰宝,是中国传统文化的精华和世代相传的智力成果。中医药产业是21世纪最具发展空间的产业之一,保护中国中医药知识产权,发展中医药产业,对于传承中国传统文化、捍卫中国作为中医药原创国的主体地位不受威胁有着重要意义。本文在归纳中国中医药知识产权保护现状的基础上,探析中国中医药知识产权保护所面临的困境,探索有效保护中医药知识产权、适合中国中医药文化特色的保护制度和激励机制。

Traditional Chinese medicine （TCM）, a treasure o f the Chinese nation, is the intellectual essence of Chinese traditional culture. In the 21st Century, TCM industry is one of the most prospective industry. It is quite important to protect the intellectual property rights of TCM and develop the TCM industry for maintaining the heritage of traditional cultural and defending our position as the TCM original country. This paper summarizes the status quo of the protection and the dilemma facing TCM intellectual property protection, and discusses the effective measures with cultural characteristics for intellectual property rights of TCM.