China Reinforcing IP Protection

2018/03/15

On March 13, Shen Changyu made the remarks at the sideline of the ongoing annual session of the national legislature. He pointed out that China will carry out a more stringent intellectual property protection system to reinforce IP protection. China will push to amend the Patent Law to introduce punishment compensation measures to reinforce the punishment against IP violations, to let the violators pay. SIPO will treat domestic enterprises and international ones, big companies and small firms, State-owned companies and private sectors, equally, to provide protection over their intellectual properties. More IPR centers will be established this year to allow right owners to safeguard their rights more efficiently with lower cost. The office will incorporate part of functions of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, to solve problems including separated administration and overlapping enforcement. The new agency will be responsible for facilitating the construction of an IPR protection system, and the registration and administrative adjudication of trademarks, patents and geographical indications.

Source: China Daily