1. Intellectual Property Protection: China has been in Europe and America for 100 years in 40 years;
What does the protection of intellectual property rights mean for China's reform and opening? The recent annual meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia in 2018 gave the answer. In the keynote speech of the opening ceremony, Chairman Xi Jinping specifically addressed the issue of strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights. As one of China's four major measures to expand its opening up.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening up. In response to the past, China’s intellectual property system has been established and developed with the great practice of reform and opening up. It has grown from scratch to nothing. It has grown from crude to refined throughout the year. It is a product of reform and opening up. , It is also the support of reform and opening up. As the world goes through a new round of major development and changes and adjustments, as China moves toward becoming a country with strong innovation, the demand for intellectual property protection is not only for foreign companies, but also for Chinese companies. More urgently, China’s future development will surely be based on the strict protection of intellectual property rights.
The three days of the class, when they looked admiringly. 'Unfortunately, today there are still some misunderstandings and Chen Jian’s misunderstandings of China’s intellectual property protection. From April 20th to 26th, it coincided with China’s 2018 national intellectual property rights. In the Publicity Week, this reporter combined several special events to introduce readers to the current situation and future of China's intellectual property protection.
The results are obvious to all
Foreign Media Calls for Giving up Prejudice against China
On April 13, 2017, TechCrunch, the world's leading technology blogger, published an article by Wayne Sorbon, former chairman of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, "China is becoming a big country in the protection of intellectual property." The article stated that China has long been considered a plagiarism. The land of the people, but the new government of Silicon Valley and the United States did not see the changes that are taking place in China. China not only strongly supports the global market and free trade, but also fills the vacuum left by Western countries after exiting. It also protects and enforces intellectual property rights. Become a global leader.
On January 20, 2018, the American diplomatic scholar website published an article titled "China's progress in the protection of intellectual property rights - yes, it is true! ", saying that in the past 10 years, China has become increasingly The ability to innovate, and has demonstrated the serious determination to implement effective intellectual property protection systems.
Not only the media, authoritative figures in the field of intellectual property in the world also expressed their opinions and appreciated the tremendous progress in the protection of intellectual property rights in China.
In recent years, a series of documents and national policies concerning the enhancement of intellectual property protection in China have been issued. We have seen the Chinese government’s determination to protect intellectual property and have also greatly enhanced the continued investment and long-term development of foreign companies like Qualcomm in China. Determined. ' This is the heartfelt statement of Mark Snyder, senior vice president of Qualcomm.
At the 2018 China High-Level Forum on Intellectual Property Protection held on April 20th, Wang Binying, Deputy Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) stated that WIPO very much appreciates the Chinese government's active efforts to build and improve the intellectual property policy system in recent years. At the same time, it is also very The Chinese government is appreciated for opening up the relevant systems to other WIPO member states. It is hoped that China will make further contributions in the future and promote the development of the international intellectual property environment in a more open and balanced manner.
In his speech, Ygen Chitsch, senior vice president of Bosch GmbH in Germany, also said: 'China has made a lot of efforts in the coordination of intellectual property rights, such as the establishment of a related framework through the cooperation of IPR, China, the US, Japan, and Japan. System. Finally, I would like to point out that China has made considerable progress in the use and protection of intellectual property, and I must give it a high degree of appreciation.
It goes without saying that the environmental protection and protection effects of China's intellectual property have made great progress in recent years and it has been recognized by the international community.
On February 24, Xi'an Intellectual Property Tribunal, the first specialized intellectual property trial institution in northwestern China, was formally established. The picture shows the door of Xi'an Intellectual Property Court. Photo by Xinhua Li reporter Li Yibo
Promoting institutional reform
The supporting legal system is more perfect
The protection of intellectual property rights, from the decision-making to the landing, is also inseparable from the enforcement agency and legal system.
In his speech at the opening ceremony of the 2018 annual meeting of Boao Forum, President Xi Jinping pointed out that this year, we will reorganize the State Intellectual Property Office, improve the law enforcement forces, increase law enforcement, and raise the cost of illegal activities to the fullest extent. .
In terms of administrative management, there has been a long history of patents, trademarks, issues concerning the separate management of geographical indications of origin and repeated enforcement. The reorganization of the State Intellectual Property Office has improved the management system and solved this problem at one stroke. Director of the State Intellectual Property Office of China Shen Changyu told this reporter that the reorganization of the State Intellectual Property Office was an important milestone in the development of China’s intellectual property rights. 'At present, we are following the deployment of the Central Government, with plans, steps, and discipline to advance various reforms. Work. ' Shen Changyu said.
In the legal system, China’s intellectual property protection is also gradually improving. The Trademark Law of 1982, the Patent Law of 1984, and the Copyright Law of 1990 were successively reviewed and passed by the National People’s Congress. China’s intellectual property legal system has been implemented step by step from scratch. important change to adapt to national conditions, from the introduction of local roots to present the draft revision of the Patent law, the draft amendments to the copyright Act have been included in the "State Council Legislative work plan 2018", will be submitted to the NPC Standing Committee.
Shen Chang-yu said that as of now, China has established a legal system of intellectual property rights in line with international rules, a more complete categories, adding almost all major international conventions on intellectual property in the world, a great nation worthy of the intellectual property.
In terms of judicial protection, China has set up three intellectual property courts and a number of intellectual property courts, effectively improving the professionalization of intellectual property trials, and improving the institutional mechanisms for the protection of intellectual property rights.
At the press conference on IPR judicial protection week held on April 19th, Song Xiaoming, head of the Intellectual Property Trial Division of the Supreme People's Court, told reporters that China was one of the countries with the shortest trial period in dealing with intellectual property rights foreign cases. He cited foreign statistics. According to the agency's data, the average hearing period for foreign-related cases handled by the Beijing Intellectual Property Court is 4 months, the trial period for major European countries is about 18 months, and the United States has 29 months for the preparation of patent cases.
At the same time, Wayne Sorbonne pointed out in his article that foreign companies are increasingly initiating patent litigation in China because they believe they can be treated fairly. Sorbonne cited relevant reports that in 2015, In the Beijing Intellectual Property Tribunal, all 65 foreign plaintiffs have won lawsuits against other foreign companies. In the case of foreign plaintiffs suing Chinese companies, the winning rate reached 81%, which is similar to that of Chinese plaintiffs.
According to Wu Handong, a professor at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, in the past, China was a learner, follower, and follower in the field of intellectual property international rules. Today, it has become a staunch defender, an important participant, and an active builder.
Toward a strong country of innovation
Protection of production and production has become a national interest
Where does China's intellectual property protection drive its momentum? The voice of external doubts always assumes that China's promotion of intellectual property protection is due to international pressure. However, it is not. As China becomes an increasingly big country for innovation and a country with strong innovation, intellectual property protection has become the country of China. Benefits and rational choices.
As pointed out by Chairman Xi Jinping at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum's annual meeting in 2018, intellectual property protection is the greatest incentive to increase China's economic competitiveness. In response, foreign companies have requirements and Chinese companies demand more.
How is China's innovation capability today? At the press conference held on April 24th by the State Intellectual Property Office, Shen Changyu introduced the situation.
According to briefings, in 2017, the number of Chinese patent applications for inventions reached 1.382 million, ranking first in the world for seven years in a row; the number of international patent applications filed by China through the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) route reached 51,000, ranking globally. Secondly, in the 2017 World International Patent Application Rankings published by the World Intellectual Property Organization, three companies in China have successfully entered the top 10: Huawei is the top one, ZTE second, and BOE seventh.
According to Gao Rui, Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, China has transformed from a major technology user to a technology producer. This means that China's interests stand on the same side as the interests of intellectual property protection.
Former U.S. Deputy Minister of Commerce Michelle Lee said that Chinese people do not want to rely on the competitive advantage of the low-wage workforce to become a low-cost manufacturer of innovations in other countries. They want to be a country of innovation. To do this, you need to Respect for intellectual property. This is a matter of national interest.'
Protection of intellectual property rights is an era proposition that mankind faces in common. Not only does it require all countries to take practical actions to promote good governance and good governance, but also to make their own answers. They also need to communicate with each other, communicate more, expand understanding, and increase mutual trust.
It is true that there is still room for improvement in China’s intellectual property protection, but we should not forget that China’s intellectual property protection is a young undertaking with a short history of only 40 years. According to the “Guardian” report, Doreen Ben-Antar, a professor of history at Durham University, once pointed out that in the 18th and 19th century, the United States and all major European countries participated in technology infringement and industrial espionage. The European and American countries took more than 100 years to gradually The system for the protection of intellectual property rights was perfected. However, this kind of change in China happened in decades, not centuries.
We have reason to believe that in the future, the environment for the protection of intellectual property in China will become better and better.
2. China, Canada is listed by the United States as a list of serious violations of intellectual property rights;
According to a Bloomberg report, according to a U.S. trade representative’s report, China was listed for the 14th consecutive year as a list of key monitoring countries with weak intellectual property enforcement. The list also lists Canada as a list of serious offenders.
The 2018 Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Rights stated that the issue of long-term and new intellectual property rights deserves greater attention, including the practice of mandatory technology transfer in China.
The United States criticized Canada for failing to make progress in overcoming important intellectual property enforcement challenges, as well as weak law enforcement at its borders.
Algeria, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Russia, Ukraine and Venezuela are also on the focus list. Phoenix International
3.Xinhua News Agency: Chinese artificial intelligence companies need to strengthen independent intellectual property protection;
In recent years, China’s R&D capabilities in the field of artificial intelligence are 'convergence' and the situation of independent intellectual property protection is not optimistic. Related experts proposed at the 2018 Global Mobile Internet Conference held in Beijing on the 27th that Chinese AI start-up companies should enhance independent intellectual property protection. Awareness, and the formation of professional intellectual property team.
Li Zhu, Founding Partner of Yingnuo Angel Fund, stated at the Roundtable Forum that, compared with internet companies focusing on talents, entrepreneurial companies in the field of artificial intelligence are using intellectual property as the king. Patents are like the 'moat' of enterprises and they are involved in the international competition of enterprises. To protect the role of investment institutions investing in artificial intelligence startups, they will pay attention to whether they have independent intellectual property rights on the core technology. Patent protection awareness of the team will be considered 'techniques', more favored by investors.
However, Chinese artificial intelligence startups often have limited advancement in the protection of independent intellectual property rights because of limited funds. Li Zhu said that many Chinese companies believe that the protection of intellectual property rights can be done only after the income of other companies is stable, but in fact, it should be at the beginning of the establishment of the company. Layout. Start-ups are growing rapidly. If you do not strengthen your intellectual property protection in the early days, you will encounter many bottlenecks and problems in the future.
Statistics show that currently from the perspective of artificial intelligence papers, the number of papers published by China has exceeded the United States, but the number of patents is less than that of the United States. In terms of intellectual property protection, developed countries such as the United States have more mature experience.
Dean Becker, chief executive of U.S. Forex Patent Brokerage, said that in addition to hiring chief executive officer and chief technology officer at the beginning of its establishment, U.S. high-tech companies will also employ professional IP advisors.
Becker said that the differences between Chinese and American technology companies in understanding patents also lie in the fact that Chinese technology companies only protect their own technological inventions, and US technology companies will also consider the application areas after the marketization of new technologies when applying for patents, partners, etc. The problem is to appropriately circumvent problems that may arise in the future development of the company. 'The patent will decide who will become your partner and who will be your competitor.'
The 2018 Global Mobile Internet Conference was held at the Beijing National Convention Center from the 26th to the 28th. The theme of the conference was 'Artificial Intelligence Everything', attracting leading scientists, entrepreneurs, investors and government officials in the field of artificial intelligence to discuss the latest developments in related fields. trend.
4. Apple also applied for a patent for automatic driving. This AR/VR has come in handy.
Although the roads have been twisted and twisted, Apple has not given up on the new enthusiasm of self-driving cars. Recently, this well-known mobile phone company has a new patent exposure, and its willingness to enter the automatic driving market is quite strong.
According to Lei Feng.com, the patent is marked with a label based on a stereoscopic image-adaptive vehicle augmented reality screen. Apple will use an augmented reality system to project pre-generated 3D images of vehicles around the screen.
If this patent can be used in cars, it can help drivers find more 'details of detail'. Pre-generated 3D models may contain many useful data for drivers, such as road signs, points of interest, etc. Meanwhile, these data Can also be compressed into small packages uploaded to Google maps and other online map services or applications.
This 3D AR system from Apple also allows passengers to understand the direction of the road, which is quite useful for self-driving cars. In recent months, Apple has also applied for a VR system patent that will automatically drive cars. Become a business meeting venue, adventure island or concert.
Such a patent is indeed interesting. With the continuous development of autonomous driving technology, it is not certain that it can really fly into the homes of ordinary people.
In fact, Apple's idea of having a share in the era of autonomous driving had existed many years ago, but after years of painstaking research, Apple's ambitions to build a car have gradually shrunk into a system.
In the initial Project Titan, Apple followed its own consistent gameplay. From the appearance of the vehicle, it feels that the hardware and software systems are all in their own hands. Lidar is not to mention. It even wants to 're-invent the tire'. - But Apple finally gave up on this idea. Instead, it chose to develop an autopilot system. It not only leased the Lexus SUV as a test car, but also used a third-party sensor, and the apple taste was gone.
In addition, in the rankings published by third-party agencies, Apple is also in the bottom position. Some experts even said that Waymo is technically leading Apple for several years. This result is not surprising. After all, Apple lacks long-term technology in artificial intelligence. Accumulation.
Of course, as latecomers did not completely give up Apple, it is still working hard. Data show that Apple's number of test vehicles in California has increased from the original 3 to the current 45. From the California point of view, it even has The scale is second only to the general autopilot test fleet.
However, industry insiders predict that the auto driving market is a brutal battlefield where winners will eat all over the place. Whether or not Apple can reach a sunny day is no one can say now.