Nation set to boost intellectual property protection
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CHINA is willing to enhance cooperation on intellectual property rights with other countries, but opposes accusations and abuse of such rights to exercise trade protectionism, according to a senior official yesterday.
Gan Shaoning, deputy director of the State Intellectual Property Office, said at a press conference that since China had embarked on reform and opening-up, the country had established a complete and internationally recognized legal system for intellectual property rights protection with Chinese characteristics.
He said it had incorporated both administrative and judicial protection, and that the system was something that had taken developed countries hundreds of years to achieve.
According to media reports, the American President-elect Donald Trump has applied for many trademarks in China, and Gan said this showed that China’s IPR system had complied with international standards.
The official acknowledged that there were some problems in IPR protection as China was a developing country with a short history of intellectual property rights.
“Exercising strict IPR protection is not only a demand for the country to attract foreign investment, open up to the outside world, and pursue innovation-driven development, but also an essential requirement for upgrading economic and social development,” Gan told reporters.
“We are willing to enhance IPR cooperation and share our experiences of development with our counterparts across the world,” he said. “At the same time, we oppose unfounded accusations and abuse of IPR to exercise trade protectionism.”
Gan pledged to strengthen the protection and use of intellectual property rights and encourage innovation. He said that the central government had allocated a fund of 1.4 billion yuan (US$202.8 million) to local sites of patent operation and had helped the establishment of more than 1,700 IPR enterprises.
“China will increase compensation for cases of malicious infringement and crack down on infringement on IPR through revised and improved laws and regulations,” Gan said.
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