Shen Changyu introduced that China's invention patent applications amounted to 1.382 million in 2017, a year-on-year increase of 14.2%, ranking seventh in the world for seven consecutive years.
At the conference, the protection of intellectual property rights in Sino-U.S. trade frictions was the focus of on-site media attention, including whether China’s protection of intellectual property rights was sufficient, whether it would respond to the US’s trade claims on intellectual property rights, and whether IP related policies were Will make adjustments.
In response, Shen Changyu stated that the results of the so-called '301 investigation' in the United States did not see or ignore the objective facts of China in strengthening intellectual property protection.
Last year, the deficit in intellectual property use exceeded US$20 billion.
At the press conference on April 24, Shen Changyu denied that 'China’s intellectual property protection was not enough'.
He said that in recent years, China has continuously increased the protection of intellectual property rights and has consistently adhered to the same protection for the intellectual property rights of domestic and foreign companies. It has also been highly valued by the international community. Last year, China further revised the Anti-unfair Competition Act. ” The protection of trade secrets has been strengthened, and US intellectual property authorities and related media have also stated that China’s intellectual property protection environment ranks among the top-ranking middle-income countries, and more and more are selected as one of the non-Chinese companies’ patent litigation. The key place, because the litigants think they will be treated fairly in China.
On the other hand, China has consistently paid for the use of intellectual property according to the rules of international trade. Last year, China’s foreign payment for intellectual property has reached US$28.6 billion, with a deficit of more than US$20 billion. Among them, payment of US intellectual property is used. The fee has increased by 14% year-on-year. China has always been a firm defender of the international rules of intellectual property rights, an important participant, and an active builder. In recent years, China’s intellectual property environment, especially the protection of intellectual property, has progressed. It is huge.
Shen Changyu also stated that China’s intellectual property protection will be further strengthened in the next step. This is not only China’s need to fulfill its international obligations, but also its own development needs. In the future, it will further strengthen intellectual property protection and create a better business environment and Innovative environment to attract more foreign-funded enterprises to invest in China to further expand their opening to the outside world.
Another hot issue is the dispute between Tencent Music and NetEase Cloud Platform. In early 2018, under the active coordination and promotion of the National Copyright Administration, Tencent Music and Netease Cloud Music reached an agreement on cooperation in network music copyright, mutually authorized musical works, and reached their exclusive 99% of the number of musical works. The copyright dispute between the two platforms has come to an end.
On April 24, Yu Xizhi, spokesperson of the National Copyright Administration, introduced the above incident, and the National Copyright Administration conducted supervision and coordination. He also took many measures. First, he had talked with major network music service providers and major music. The company requires them to promote the comprehensive authorization and extensive dissemination of online music, avoid exclusive licensing, and explore the establishment of an online music copyright licensing and operating model that conforms to market laws and international conventions. The second is to further strengthen the key supervision of online music copyright and require networks. Music service providers and music companies have strengthened the copyright management of online music resources and actively established a good network music copyright ecology. Third, the relevant network music service providers are urged to properly resolve copyright disputes and disputes, and actively carry out copyright cooperation in online music. This time Tencent music The copyright cooperation with NetEase Cloud Music is also the result of the National Copyright Administration's efforts to consolidate the remediation of online music copyright and promote the widespread dissemination of online music.
China's intellectual property quality rises
At the recent Boao Forum for Asia, President Xi Jinping announced that China has decided to adopt a series of new and significant measures in expanding its opening up. Among them, the strengthening of intellectual property protection is one of the four most important measures for China’s opening up. Specifically, it includes reorganizing national knowledge. The property rights office improved the law enforcement force and strengthened law enforcement to significantly raise the costs of illegal activities. In addition, it protects the legitimate intellectual property rights of foreign-funded enterprises in China and hopes that foreign governments will strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights in China.
Enhancing the protection of intellectual property has become the current priority. Shen Changyu introduced the development of intellectual property in China in 2017. The first is the creation of intellectual property in 2017. The annual number of invention patent applications reached 1.382 million, a year-on-year increase of 14.2%. , For the seventh consecutive year, it ranks first in the world; 5.184 million applications for trademark registrations were received, a year-on-year increase of 55.72%, ranking first in the world for 16 consecutive years.
In addition, in the aspect of the construction of intellectual property laws and regulations, the Anti-Unfair Competition Law was amended by the 30th meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and the Patent Law, the Patent Agents Regulations, and the Human Genetic Resources Regulations were amended and amended. Substantial progress was made in the formulation of work. The promotion of anti-monopoly law enforcement guidelines in the intellectual property field was introduced as soon as possible. Shen Changyu also mentioned the 'Research on deepening the protection of intellectual property rights in new areas and new forms of innovation'.
The third aspect is the more stringent protection of intellectual property rights. The courts have received a total of 21.35 million first-principles intellectual property, administrative and criminal cases involving intellectual property rights, and 203,300 cases have been concluded, a year-on-year increase of 40.37% and 38.38%. Public security agencies have cracked down on infringement of intellectual property rights. There were 17,000 criminal cases involving the sale of fake and shoddy goods, and the amount involved was 6.46 billion yuan.
Regarding the protection of intellectual property rights in the next step, Shen Changyu stated that it is necessary to use this institutional reform to reorganize the State Intellectual Property Office as an opportunity to actively guide the comprehensive enforcement of patent trademarks and to better combat all types of infringing acts; Take the opportunity to accelerate the establishment of a punitive damages compensation system. With the development of intellectual property protection centers as the starting point, we will accelerate the establishment of more convenient, efficient, and low-cost rights protection channels. At present, 19 such centers have been established nationwide, and this year will further expand the scale; Finally, we should take the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up as an opportunity to deepen international cooperation in intellectual property.
Shen Changyu also said that the reorganization of the State Intellectual Property Office was aimed at resolving the long-standing problems of patents, trademarks, divorce management of geographical indications of origin and duplicated law enforcement. The improvement of the management system of intellectual property rights was one of the developments of the national intellectual property business. Important milestones. Through this reform, in the vertical, it is conducive to open up the entire chain of intellectual property creation, application, protection, management and service, and promote the modernization of the intellectual property governance system and governance capabilities. In the horizontal direction, it is conducive to the realization of patents. , Trademarks, combined effects of geographical indications of origin, better support innovation to drive development and expand opening to the outside world.