On March 24, the Executive Committee of the Yangtze River Delta eco green integration development demonstration zone held a special news ventilation meeting in Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu District, jointly with the market supervision bureau (Intellectual Property Bureau), people's court and people's Procuratorate in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and issued and interpreted the "on the first trial of strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights in the demonstration area of ecological green integration in the Yangtze River Delta" Several initiatives (hereinafter referred to as "several initiatives"). Zhangchuanbo, deputy director of Jiangsu Intellectual Property Bureau, attended the news conference and answered the questions of reporters. The "several measures" are jointly formulated and promulgated by the Executive Committee of the demonstration zone, together with the market supervision bureau (Intellectual Property Bureau), the people's court and the people's Procuratorate of one city in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. The measures focus on the key links of cross regional intellectual property, and put forward 16 measures in advance in four aspects: promoting joint protection of intellectual property, strengthening the sharing and flow of intellectual property service resources, promoting the integration of intellectual property management services and strengthening the system guarantee of integration of intellectual property protection. According to tangxiaodong, deputy director of the Executive Committee of the demonstration zone, several measures, as the first guiding document in China to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights across provinces, are innovative measures to promote the free flow of technical elements across administrative regions in the demonstration zone, and an innovative practice in the field of intellectual property protection to explore the concept of "not breaking administrative membership and breaking administrative boundaries". The introduction of several measures is conducive to promoting the unification of the administrative law enforcement standards and judicial judgment standards of intellectual property in the demonstration area, improving the linkage mechanism of administrative law enforcement and justice in the three districts of "qingwujia"; it is conducive to strengthening the sharing of intellectual property service resources among the three regions, forming a public service system of intellectual property rights for the benefit of the people, and making the innovation achievements better benefit the people of the demonstration area; it is conducive to better improving We will play a market role, create a good business environment in the demonstration area, and promote the independent and orderly flow and efficient allocation of innovation elements. Zhang Chuanbo, deputy director, in response to the reporter's questions, introduced the construction of Jiangsu intellectual property protection center. According to the introduction, Jiangsu Province has five protection centers, ranking the second in the country, and the business capacity ranks the top in the country. In the second national patent pre-examination business competition of the national intellectual property protection center, Nanjing Center and Suzhou center have respectively obtained the first and second place achievements. By the end of 2020, there are 3216 established and operated protection centers in Changzhou, Nanjing and Suzhou. In 2020, 4600 applications for rapid patent examination and approval, 3268 qualified and 1853 patents have been authorized in 2020, which effectively maintain the innovation achievements of the enterprise, stimulate the innovation enthusiasm of the enterprise and become the "green channel" for the protection of intellectual property rights of enterprises. Next, Jiangsu Intellectual Property Office will further strengthen the exchange and cooperation between the two provincial and municipal protection centers under the framework of several measures. According to the industrial development needs of the demonstration zone, it will actively report to the State Intellectual Property Office, explore and carry out cross regional cross industry pilot projects of the Protection Center, strengthen the spillover effect of the protection center, and strengthen the spillover effect of the protection center, and in the talent training, early warning assistance, patent navigation, intellectual property The right operation provides intellectual support and resource guarantee for the demonstration area.

On March 24, vice director of the State Intellectual Property Office of China, ganshaoning met with Maya Manika, Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia to China in Beijing, and exchanged views on the progress of intellectual property work between China and Latin America and deepening intellectual property cooperation. Over the years, the Chinese government has attached great importance to intellectual property work and has taken a series of policies and measures to promote innovation and strengthen the protection of intellectual property, Gan said. China has always strictly protected the intellectual property rights of enterprises from all over the world in China and provided a good business environment for domestic and foreign enterprises. Maya Manica appreciates China's achievements in strengthening intellectual property protection, expresses its appreciation for the protection of the trademark rights and interests of enterprises in the Republic of Latvia in accordance with law, and hopes to continue to deepen exchanges and cooperation with China in the field of intellectual property. After the meeting, the enterprise representative of the Republic of Latvia sent the Royal Banner to the State Intellectual Property Office of China. (Xiong Huaping Zeng Jia / photo)

In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of the important speech of general secretary Xi Jinping in the twenty-fifth collective learning of the Central Political Bureau, and give full play to the important role of administrative adjudication in strengthening the administrative protection of intellectual property rights, recently, the State Intellectual Property Office issued the notice on the implementation of the second batch of pilot projects for the administrative adjudication of patent infringement disputes (hereinafter referred to as "notice"). ）To start the second batch of patent infringement dispute administrative adjudication pilot demonstration construction application work. In recent years, the State Intellectual Property Office has conscientiously implemented the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on Comprehensively Strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights. In accordance with the requirements of "opinions on improving the administrative adjudication system and strengthening the work of Administrative Adjudication" issued by the general office of the Central Committee and the general office of the State Council, the State Intellectual Property Office has made continuous efforts to strengthen the top-level design, carry out system research, organize demonstration construction, and strengthen capacity-building We should intensify our work and strengthen the administrative adjudication of intellectual property infringement disputes. From November 2019, we will deploy and carry out the demonstration construction of administrative adjudication of patent infringement disputes in the whole country, and determine eight places including Beijing, Hebei and Shanghai as the first batch of pilot areas to carry out the demonstration construction. Under the guidance of the State Intellectual Property Office, all localities have conscientiously implemented the work plan, constantly innovated ways and methods, improved the work system, and emerged a number of good experiences and practices in administrative adjudication of patent infringement disputes. In March this year, the State Intellectual Property Office, together with the Ministry of justice, issued a notice to promote the first batch of 13 typical experiences and practices emerging in Beijing, Hebei and other places in improving the administrative adjudication system, refining the procedural rules, improving the working mechanism, and strengthening the team building to the national intellectual property system and the national judicial administration system. According to statistics, in 2020, the national intellectual property system handled 42000 Administrative Adjudication Cases of patent infringement disputes, an increase of 9.9% compared with the same period last year. Among them, the first batch of pilot areas handled 30000 cases, accounting for 71% of the total number of cases handled, an increase of 10.6% compared with the same period last year. The demonstration construction has achieved good results. In order to further improve the administrative adjudication system, strengthen the administrative adjudication of patent infringement disputes, and give full play to the important role of administrative adjudication in supporting and improving the administrative protection ability of intellectual property rights, according to the work arrangement, the State Intellectual Property Office decided to carry out the application for the second batch of pilot demonstration construction of administrative adjudication of patent infringement disputes. The "notice" has made deployment and arrangement on the pilot work content, application requirements, pilot requirements, etc. In the next step, the State Intellectual Property Office will select a number of places with large amount of administrative adjudication cases, good work foundation and high enthusiasm as the second batch of demonstration construction pilot, increase business guidance and support, summarize and promote mature experience and practices in time, and promote the construction of administrative adjudication pilot demonstration with high quality, so as to comprehensively strengthen the protection and promotion of intellectual property rights High quality development provides strong support. (CAI Jianwei, Cui Shangke)

The State Intellectual Property Office focuses on intellectual property services to support the innovation and development needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, and in-depth implementation of the intellectual property strategy promotion project of SMEs in combination with the Ministry of industry and information technology, actively issues and promotes the implementation of a series of policy measures to support the innovation and development of small and medium-sized enterprises. In 2020, over 20000 small and medium-sized enterprises will receive intellectual property custody services; nearly 8000 small and medium-sized enterprises will receive about 60billion yuan of intellectual property pledge financing; 53000 enterprises have passed the certification of the implementation of intellectual property rights, most of which are small and medium-sized enterprises; 5729 national demonstration enterprises with intellectual property rights advantages are cultivated, of which the proportion of small and medium-sized enterprises is over 76%. By the end of 2020, the R & D investment intensity, average effective patent ownership and the average number of pledge financing of intellectual property rights in the demonstration enterprises of intellectual property rights have reached 4.8%, 29.4 and 1.08 respectively, which is far higher than the average level of 2.2%, 2.9 and 0.01 enterprises in the national average.1、 Accurately identify changes and help to cope with the situation of strategy and war Timely check the difficulties and needs of small and medium-sized enterprises during the epidemic prevention and control, formulate the intellectual property response measures accurately, and help the epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development to achieve double success. First, we will quickly introduce targeted policy measures. In february2020, the State Intellectual Property Office, together with the General Administration of market supervision and the State Drug Administration, jointly issued ten policies to support the resumption of work and reproduction, extend the period for enterprises affected by the epidemic to handle patent, trademark and other matters, establish a fast channel for patent application, trademark registration and pledge registration, and about 3000 anti epidemic enterprises can realize financing through the green channel of pledge registration. In March, the "ten articles on promotion of application" were issued, green channels for pledge registration of patent trademarks were established, urgent measures such as immediate handling and equal treatment were introduced to support the production and sale of geographical indication products. We will strengthen the central and local governments to implement policies in coordination, guide and support the local intellectual property bureaus to issue intellectual property rescue and enterprise assistance policies, and over 70 relevant policies have been issued throughout the year, which strongly support the fight against and win the epidemic prevention and control and Resistance War. Second, guide the intellectual property service industry to stabilize and expand employment. In April, the notice of supporting and guiding the intellectual property service industry to actively respond to the impact of the epidemic and expanding employment was issued, promoting "first taking the post, then examination", reducing the training costs before examination, organizing and conducting special recruitment activities. In 2020, 1619 intellectual property service institutions were organized in all regions, 351 special recruitment activities, 648 publicity and training were held, and more than 9000 jobs were provided for the IP service industry.2、 Reduce cost, reduce burden, change light clothes, improve quality and increase efficiency and ensure development We will implement the reform of "putting off the management service", promote the quality and efficiency of patent examination, carry out the reform of trademark registration facilitation, reduce the cost of patent trademark registration and examination, and provide effective support for the innovation and development of small and medium-sized enterprises. First, we should continue to do a good job in patent trademark examination to improve quality and efficiency. We will speed up the intelligent construction of the examination system by using Internet, big data, artificial intelligence and other technologies, and promote the quality and efficiency of patent examination and trademark registration. By the end of 2020, the review cycle of invention patent has been reduced to 20 months, the high value patent review cycle has been reduced to 14 months, and the average review cycle of trademark registration has been reduced to 4 months. Second, optimize the review service. To meet the needs of SMEs in various innovation, we will provide centralized review, priority review, tour review and other examination services, and help SMEs to make patent reserves and layout. Third, reduce the fees for patent trademarks. We will greatly relax the conditions for reducing the payment of patent fees and reduce the standard of trademark fees. During the 13th Five Year Plan period, the accumulated expenses related to patent and trademark business processing were reduced by 47.17 billion yuan, effectively reducing the cost of intellectual property reserve and distribution of small and medium-sized enterprises. Fourth, promote the intellectual property business "one window through". We will conduct in-depth investigation on the national patent agency office and the trademark acceptance window, and comprehensively promote the realization of the "one window through office" of intellectual property business such as patents and trademarks. By the end of 2020, 27 provincial windows have been implemented in China, and 203 municipal and county windows have been renamed uniformly. Among them, Hangzhou hi tech Zone (Binjiang) has established an intellectual property comprehensive service center, including intellectual property business acceptance and comprehensive services, covering various types of intellectual property business, such as patents, trademarks, copyright, etc.3、 Strive for progress and promote innovation, and focus on fostering and invigorating We should strengthen the service of intellectual property rights of small and medium-sized enterprises, and strive to cultivate enterprises to form the advantages of intellectual property rights and improve the core competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises. First, improve the intellectual property management ability of small and medium-sized enterprises. Encourage small and medium-sized enterprises to implement the "enterprise intellectual property management standard" (gb/t 29490-2013), and improve the management ability of intellectual property rights. By the end of 2020, the number of enterprises in compliance with the standard has reached more than 5300, most of which are small and medium-sized enterprises. Second, we should strengthen the intellectual property services of small and medium-sized enterprises. The Ministry of industry and information technology has implemented the strategic promotion project of intellectual property of small and medium-sized enterprises, established a work system for intellectual property custody for small and medium-sized enterprises, and carried out pilot work in 35 small and medium-sized enterprises gathering parks in 20 pilot cities (districts). In 2020, it will provide intellectual property custody services for over 20000 small and medium-sized enterprises. We will promote the "intellectual property services of Wanli bank", deeply investigate the needs and difficulties of enterprises, and carry out more than 7000 activities with rich content and various forms, benefiting more than 50000 enterprises, most of which are small and medium-sized enterprises. Third, it will play a leading role in demonstration. In the process of cultivating national intellectual property superiority demonstration enterprises, we will increase the inclination to small and medium-sized enterprises. In 2020, 5729 national intellectual property superiority demonstration enterprises will be cultivated, of which 4354 small and medium-sized enterprises, accounting for 76% of the total number of the demonstration enterprises.4、 Based on the demand, solve the problem and solve the urgent problem of financing and benefit enterprises The CBRC will promote the financing and insurance of intellectual property pledge, and strive to alleviate the financing problems of innovative small and medium-sized enterprises, and help them to stabilize their operation and innovation. First, we should increase the financing of intellectual property pledge. The intellectual property pledge facilitation service is implemented, and the green channel for registration of patent trademark pledge is established, and the electronic registration of patent pledge is compressed to 1 working day. In 2020, the amount of intellectual property pledge financing reached 218 billion yuan, an increase of 44% year-on-year. Second, it supports the exploration of intellectual property securitization. In 2020, Shanghai and Shenzhen will issue 10 new intellectual property securitization products with a financing scale of 6.9 billion yuan, which will provide more convenient new financing channels for small and medium-sized scientific and technological enterprises. Third, improve the intellectual property insurance product system. The intellectual property insurance system covering 16 products of 4 insurance types is launched, involving trademark and geographical indication being infringed loss insurance and overseas tort liability insurance. In 2020, 3667 enterprises will have over 6900 patents, trademarks and geographical indications covered intellectual property insurance, with a guaranteed amount of RMB 19.4 billion.5、 Promote development in coordination, unblock chain lifting capacity We will open the whole chain of intellectual property creation, application, protection, management and service, and strive to strengthen the comprehensive protection capability of intellectual property system of small and medium-sized enterprises. First, strengthen the rapid and cooperative protection. In 2020, 14 intellectual property protection centers will be set up in the layout of key industries. There are 62 national intellectual property protection centers and rapid rights protection centers, with a total number of registered enterprises of nearly 18000, providing rapid collaborative services for small and medium-sized enterprises integrating rapid review, rapid confirmation of rights and rapid protection of rights. Second, the decision-making mechanism of patent navigation industry innovation and development should be promoted. According to different application scenarios such as regional industrial planning and enterprise operation and development, seven national standards of patent navigation guide (GB / t39551-2020) are formulated and issued, which provide methods and tool guidance for patent navigation practice of small and medium-sized enterprises. At the regional, industrial and enterprise levels, a number of patent navigation projects are promoted to improve the innovation efficiency of small and medium-sized enterprises. This practice has been recognized by the State Council as the third batch of innovation supporting reform initiatives to be replicated and promoted to the whole country. Third, establish the intellectual property operation service system. The system of intellectual property operation platform, which is integrated into four parts, namely "platform, institution, capital and industry", has been preliminarily built, and 37 cities are promoted to carry out the construction of intellectual property operation service system. Fourth, we should vigorously develop the intellectual property service industry. By the end of 2019, there were 66000 National IP service enterprises, 98% of which were small and medium-sized enterprises, up 8.2% year-on-year; about 820000 employees, up 2.6% year on year; operating income exceeded 21billion yuan, up 13.2% year-on-year. The public service capacity of intellectual property information has been continuously improved. By the end of 2020, 28 provinces (districts, cities) and 15 sub provincial cities have set up public service institutions for intellectual property information, and 51 technical and innovation support centers of World Intellectual Property Organization have been set up, and 60 national intellectual property information service centers of universities will be built.

Recently, in order to thoroughly implement the spirit of the important speech of general secretary Xi Jinping in the twenty-fifth collective learning of the Central Political Bureau, the Central Committee and the State Council's decision making arrangements have been implemented to form a high-pressure situation against the malicious registration of trademarks, promote the high quality development of intellectual property rights, and help create a favorable environment for innovation and business environment. Notice on the special action plan for preemptive registration (hereinafter referred to as the "notice"). The notice emphasizes that the malicious rush registration of trademarks seriously damages the legitimate rights and interests of the market subject of honest operation and the public, and seriously endangers the order of trademark registration. In order to strengthen the source control and establish an efficient working mechanism for departments to coordinate and promote the crackdown on malicious rush registration of trademarks, the State Intellectual Property Office has decided to launch a special action to crack down on malicious rush registration of trademarks since March 2021, and severely crack down on the following seven types of malicious rush registration that seek improper interests, disrupt the order of trademark registration management and cause great adverse social impact : maliciously rush to register the names of national or regional strategies, major activities, major policies, major projects and major scientific and technological projects; maliciously rush to register the words and signs related to public emergencies such as natural disasters, major accidents and disasters, major public health events and social security events, damaging the public interests; maliciously rush to register major events and major exhibitions with high popularity Those who maliciously rush to register the names of administrative divisions, mountains and rivers, scenic spots, buildings and other public resources; those who maliciously rush to register the common names of goods or services, industry terms and other public commercial resources; those who maliciously rush to register the names of public figures, well-known works or roles with high popularity; those who maliciously rush to register others with high popularity or relatively low reputation A trademark or other business mark with strong distinctiveness impairs the prior rights and interests of others. At the same time, it has set up two kinds of rules, which are against public order and good customs and against good faith, and set up special provisions for trademark agency's illegal behavior. A separate document has been issued to rectify the disposal of trademark registration applications that are not used for the purpose of malicious hoarding. This special action focuses on both legal and legal aspects, department coordination and overall promotion, sound mechanism and source control, strengthening clue handling, precise strike, Department linkage, comprehensive policy implementation and publicity and education, so as to further form a high-pressure situation against malicious rush registration of trademarks and help create a good innovation environment and business environment. In the next step, the State Intellectual Property Office will strengthen overall coordination, expose typical cases, illegal individuals, enterprises and agencies in a timely manner, hand over those in bad conditions to local law enforcement departments for punishment, and create a good legal, market and social environment for all kinds of market entities to compete fairly, carry out innovation and consciously resist trademark malicious rush registration.

On March 23, Zhi Suping, director of the Intellectual Property Office of Jiangsu Province, led a team to visit the China Office of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and held talks with Liu Hua, director of the office, on deepening the exchanges and cooperation between the WIPO and Jiangsu Province in intellectual property work. Zhi Suping expressed his gratitude to the China Office of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for its long-term concern and support for the intellectual property work in Jiangsu Province, and introduced the fields, matters and carriers of further deepening cooperation between the two sides. Liu Hua spoke highly of the achievements of intellectual property work in Jiangsu Province in recent years and exchanged views on the platform carrier, data resources of WIPO and the annual key work of China office. During the talks, the two sides fully exchanged views on the construction of technology and innovation support center, the co construction of training carrier and the establishment of cooperation framework. The two sides said they would further strengthen ties and deepen cooperation to promote the high-quality development of intellectual property in Jiangsu. Wu Kai, senior consultant of WIPO China office, and heads of relevant departments of Provincial Intellectual Property Office attended the talks.