Chinese Small And Medium Software Enterprises In Ipr Strategic Studies

As an independent industry, software was born in America in 1950s. Thanks to IBM's driving, software came alone from hardware industry, from"key clients customizing"to"enterprise information solution", formed an industry. Information highway made USA recover in 1990s and lead world economy."Informatization leads Industrialization"strategy shortens distance between China's development and other developed countries. Software industry, which is IT industry core, experiences a process which is from nothing to something and from small to big. With software industry developing and China's entering WTO in 2001,"software intellectual property (IP)"has come out as a problem.Software companies benefit directly from IP protection. This thesis analyses most of software firms development, namely SME (Small and Medium sized Enterprise), and debates deeply in software IP strategy with hope that it can work out helpful strategy suggestion for SME.This thesis firstly looks over the latest research result in the field both in domestic and oversea. Secondly, it demonstrates the meaning of IP strategy about SMEs in software industry. Thirdly, this thesis analyzes the IP environment both inside and outside of China, and then points out 4 kinds of IP strategies and connections between them. Then it uses case to prove the connection. Last, this thesis gives some useful conclusions and describes some things that needs to research more deeply.