Supreme Court Accommodates to Country's Further Opening-Up, Hardening Protection Over Tech-Rich IPRs
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) of China makes some changes in trial practice to suit the advancement of the country's opening-up policy. In a recently-released guiding opinion aimed to enhance judicial protection in the policy-related areas and establish a business climate preaching rule of law, up to international standards and facilitation, trial of IPR cases is singled out with added requirements in hardening protection over IPRs of key fields and essential technologies.
China's IP Undertakings Achieve Remarkble Results
Recently, the just-released "China Intellectual Property Development Status Evaluation Report for 2019" revealed, comprehensive development of IP across the country had achieved remarkable results from 2010 to 2019.
China, EU Sign Agreement on GI Protection
"The signing of the Agreement on Geographical Indications (GIs) Protection and Cooperation between China and the European Union (EU) is of great significance. This is an inherent requirement for China to promote high-quality development in the new era, and is the very concrete reflection of building China into an IP power house. It fully demonstrates the Chinese government's firm determination in expansion of opening up and IP protection, which is conducive to establishing a "dual cycle" development pattern in which domestic economic cycle plays a leading role while international economic cycle remains its extension and supplement. It also plays a positive role in promoting opening up in IP sector and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of both domestic and foreign companies. The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) will continue to beef up GIs protection and prepare the relevant technologies for the follow-up and implementation of such agreement,” said a principal of CNIPA's department of IP protection on September 14 on which the agreement was signed.
China Ranks 14th in Latest Global Innovation Index 2020
China maintained its 14th place ranking in the Global Innovation Index 2020 (GII) released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on September 2, Beijing time, while holding elite positions in some categories. According to GII, China remains the only middle-income economy in the top 30.
China Vows to Beef Up IP Protection for Asian Games
Recently, the Market Supervision Administration of Xiacheng District, Hangzhou City made its first administrative penalty decision over infringement of IPRs of the 19th Asian Games (the Games) in Hangzhou 2022. "As of now this year, we have pled law enforcement agencies to deal with 11 such cases," said Zhang Haiping, legal director of the Games' Organizing Committee, in an interview with a reporter of China Intellectual Property News.
