1. Foreign media: The United States officially sued China on the issue of intellectual property rights with the WTO;
The picture shows the U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lettze (Photo/AFP)
Overseas Network, March 23, U.S. Trade Representative's Office issued a statement saying that on the issue of intellectual property leakage, the United States had launched a complaint against China on the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday (23rd).
According to Agence France-Presse, the U.S. Trade Representative's Office stated in its statement: 'In order to solve China’s unfair technical practice in violation of WTO rules, the United States will take action at the WTO.' The statement accuses China of accusation, saying that China Destruction of WTO rules, including denial of overseas patent holders such as US companies, Chinese companies continue to use technology after the termination of the authorization contract, etc. In addition, the statement also accused China of imposing 'discrimination' clauses on foreign import technology. China’s policy is not conducive to foreign countries. Technology holders, etc., threatened to 'damage innovators in the United States and around the world'.
Earlier, according to the Xinhua News Agency, US President Trump signed the president’s memorandum on the 22nd, according to the results of the '301 investigation', it will impose large-scale tariffs on imports from China and limit Chinese companies’ investment in M&A. Trump is at the White House. Before signing, the media said that the scale of Chinese commodities involved in taxation could reach 60 billion U.S. dollars. According to the memorandum signed on that day, the U.S. Trade Representative Office will formulate a specific plan to impose tariffs on Chinese goods within 15 days. At the same time, the U.S. Trade Representative Office also China will be sued to the World Trade Organization on related issues. In addition, the U.S. Department of the Treasury will introduce a plan within 60 days to restrict Chinese companies from investing in and acquiring U.S. companies.
At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 23, a reporter mentioned that while the United States decided to impose restrictions on Chinese exports to the United States, the White House statement stated that China’s participation in and support for cyber attacks on US companies was obtained. Sensitive information, including trade secrets. At the same time, US companies are forced to transfer technology to China by restricting the licensing of foreign companies' intellectual property.
In response, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying responded that I noticed relevant reports. The United States must understand one thing, that is, the United States is indeed an innovating country in the world today, but this does not mean that innovation and intellectual property can only be American. 'Patent'.
Hua Chunying said that I introduced a few days ago that the “World Intellectual Property Indicators” report issued by the World Intellectual Property Organization at the end of last year showed that the number of invention patent applications received by the State Intellectual Property Office of China exceeded 1.3 million, exceeding the United States and Japan. The sum of South Korea and the European Patent Office. This report also pointed out that China is expected to become the world’s largest international patent application country in the next 3 years. China is firmly implementing an innovation-driven development strategy. Everyone has seen that China is in the high-speed rail, quantum Communications, e-payment and other fields have all taken the lead in the world.
Hua Chunying emphasized that China’s innovative achievements do not rely on stealing, and instead of relying on looting, more than 1.3 billion Chinese people rely on wisdom and sweat to fight out. We hope that the United States will have a clear understanding of this. The US can develop science and technology in China. Progress is worried, but it is unreasonable to accuse and blaming it. This is not a measurement that should be taken as the world's largest country. It is also unacceptable to the Chinese side.
2. The United States submits a request for consultation on the so-called Chinese technology licensing requirements to the WTO;
The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office announced on the 23rd that, in response to the so-called “discriminatory technology licensing requirements” in China, the U.S. government has proposed a consultation with China under the World Trade Organization dispute settlement mechanism.
The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office issued a statement on the same day saying that according to President Trump’s instructions, U.S. trade representative Lite Shizzle formally submitted this consultation request to the WTO on the same day.
According to the WTO rules, the negotiation is the first link in the trade dispute resolution mechanism. If the consultation fails to reach a satisfactory result, the party may file a lawsuit before the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body can be set up to conduct a hearing.
Trump signed a memorandum on the 22nd, based on the report on China’s '301 investigation' published by the US Trade Representative’s Office, which instructed the relevant authorities to impose restrictions on China, including large-scale tariffs on imports from China and restrictions on Chinese companies’ U.S. investment in mergers and acquisitions.
The spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China stated that the United States disregards the fact that China strengthens the protection of intellectual property rights, ignores the rules of the WTO, ignores the voices of the industry, and is obstinate in its own way. This is typical of unilateralism and trade protectionism, and China firmly opposes it. Under the circumstances, the Chinese side will not sit idly by seeing its own legitimate rights and interests being compromised. We are fully prepared to firmly defend our legitimate interests. Xinhua News Agency
3. France will sue Google and Apple for its abuse of trade;
According to foreign media reports, French Finance Minister Bruno Lemer stated that France will take Google and Apple to court and sue these technology giants for the terms of the contract between the start-up company and the developer.
France will sue Google and Apple for its abuse of trade
Lemer said on Wednesday that he has realized that Alphabet's subsidiaries, Google and Apple, unilaterally impose price and other contractual terms on software developers.
'Therefore, I will bring Google and Apple to the Paris Commercial Court to sue it for abuse of trade,' said Le Maire.
'To such a powerful company, Google and Apple should not treat our startups and developers as they do now.'
Lemer also said that he expects the EU to close its tax loopholes against Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon by 2019. Brussels is currently studying how to increase taxation measures for overseas tech giants in the European market for online business. TechWeb
4. British media: patent application refracts Chinese face recognition boom
“Financial Times” article on March 22, 2009 Original question: Patent applications refract China’s enthusiasm for facial recognition technology As China improves facial recognition and surveillance technology, last year Chinese entities submitted 530 related to camera and video surveillance. The patent is more than five times the amount of similar patent applications in the United States.
Chinese residents have been able to use 'brush their faces' to shop, pay for and enter the building. At the same time, the government and the police are using similar techniques to track down the streets, steal disposable toilet paper, and other criminals who commit more serious crimes. The technology is also applauded for making people's daily lives more convenient, including finding lost children or the elderly.
The technology consulting firm CB Insights tracked the database of the European Patent Office Espacenet and found that compared with China, the United States (last year) applied for only 96 such patents, and China also applied for more than 900 facial recognition patents.
This reflects that China is using a two-pronged approach - making the policy a combination of strong private technology giants such as Alibaba, Tencent and many startups, becoming champions in the field of artificial intelligence.
Analysts and industry insiders point out that China occupies a data advantage. China claims to have the world's largest national photo identification database. Credit Suisse Technology Fund Manager Angus Haider said, 'China's other natural advantage is to have the world's largest Internet users' groups, and many of them use smart phones.
Industry insiders said that the United States is still leading in technology, and China is promoting its application. In China, this field is being promoted by people more willing to accept new technologies. In China, as long as people have ideas, they will put it into practice. (Government ) Follow-up adjustment policy. Global Times