"Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu at mindspring.com> wrote"
China, for example wants to claimed retroactive IP rights on the compass, gunpower, paper-making, the mechanacial calculation etc, for a period of 50 years starting now, to compensate for her historical loss due to the absence of an international IP regime during her epoch of high inventiveness.
Henry,
This is quite an interesting concept. Has China formally put forward these claims in negotiations with other governments? Could you point me toward any articles, etc., presenting this position?
K. Mickey