China to further enhance IPR protection
Source:
People’s Daily
China
is exploring the establishment of overseas assistance centers for Intellectual
Property Rights (IPR) protection, in a bid to ensure that its IP can be
effectively protected abroad, head of the State Intellectual Property Office Shen
Changyu said on March 12.
Shen
introduced a package of measures the office will take to enhance IPR protection
during a passage interview after the third plenary meeting of the second
session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC).
The
authorities will map out a scheme of building an IPR protection system and work
on an overall mechanism to achieve strict, widespread, fast and equal IPR
protection, Shen said.
Great
efforts will be made to improve the quality and efficiency of IPR review so as
to strengthen protection from the very beginning, Shen noted.
Last
year, China shortened the trademark review period to six months, and this year
the time will be further reduced to five months.
Meanwhile,
the review period for high-value patents will be further cut by 15 percent
based on the 10 percent reduction achieved last year, he noted.
The
country will improve laws and regulations to strengthen IPR protection, Shen
continued.
The
State Intellectual Property Office will actively cooperate with the NPC in
revising the Patent Law and establish a punishment system for infringement,
substantially raising the cost of infringement, he noted.
According
to the latest draft amendment to the Patent Law, patent holders could be compensated
with fines up to five times the calculated damage in willful infringement
cases. It is a severe punishment even in the world.
Meanwhile,
China has also started a new round of preparation for the revision of the
Trademark Law, Shen added.
The
country will further innovate working mechanisms and models, with the aid of
the Internet, Shen disclosed. By implementing the "Internet plus
IPR," the protection can be tightened through source tracing, online
identification and real-time monitoring.
More
IPR protection centers will be built, Shen noted, so as to form a coordinated
and integrated mechanism of efficient IPR authorization, verification and
protection services, providing the public with more convenient and efficient,
and less costly channels to safeguard rights.
Shen Changyu, head of the State Intellectual Property Office, takes an interview after the third plenary meeting of the second session of the 13th National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 12, 2019.(Photo: People’s Daily)
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