On March 31, the 6th China IP Seminar kicked off in Hangzhou, focusing on “the latest development of China’s IP system and global trends”. He Hua, Deputy Director General of the State Intellectual Property Office, Cheng Yuechong Governor of Zhejiang Province, Zhou Guohui, Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Intellectual Property Office, Yang Wu, President of the All-China Patent Attorneys Association, and Douglas Deeth, President of the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys, attended the opening ceremony.
What was said at the meeting?
Cheng Yuechong Governor of Zhejiang Province said in his opening speech that the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Government attach great importance to scientific and technological innovation and intellectual property work, and regard it as the core support for economic transformation and upgrading and building a first-mover advantage, and Zhejiang’s comprehensive strength of intellectual property and patent currently ranks fourth in the country. Cheng Yuechong said that Zhejiang’s intellectual property protection work has “three prominences” – highlighting strategic guidance, highlighting transformation and application, and highlighting strict protection. In the province’s “13th Five-Year Plan”, the overall goal of building a strong province in intellectual property by 2020 is put forward, 11 key projects for intellectual property work are clarified, Zhejiang online technology market and intellectual property trading center are fully utilized, and the combination of protection and prevention, daily law enforcement and special governance, and key rectification and environmental construction is adhered to.
Cheng Yuechong said that in the next step, Zhejiang will focus on the following aspects around the goal of building a strong intellectual property province:
First, grasp creation and improve quality. Strengthen the intellectual property orientation of scientific and technological innovation, focus on building an independent intellectual property creation system with enterprises as the main body, market-oriented, and combining production, education and research, and significantly improve the intellectual property creation ability of enterprises. Give full play to the important role of colleges and universities in the creation of intellectual property rights.
Second, grasp the application and promote development. Strengthen the R&D and layout of core industrial intellectual property rights, and encourage enterprises to actively apply for international patents under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. Implement the intellectual property strategic action plan in the field of emerging industries and industries with regional characteristics, increase the transformation and application of intellectual property achievements, strengthen analysis and navigation, and form advantageous industries with strong competitiveness in the country.
The third is to pay attention to protection and optimize the environment. Deepen the reform of intellectual property management systems and mechanisms, strengthen comprehensive enforcement of intellectual property rights, and improve the level of intellectual property management of enterprises. Accelerate the formation of a three-dimensional and all-round “grand protection” pattern such as administrative protection, judicial protection, enterprise self-protection, and third-party protection, strengthen international intellectual property cooperation, and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of all kinds of innovation subjects.
At the forum on “Implementing Innovation-driven Development Strategy and Building an Intellectual Property Power” held after the opening ceremony, He Hua, Deputy Director General of SIPO, made a keynote speech. He said that in recent years, China has attached unprecedented importance to intellectual property work, put forward the goal of building an intellectual property power, and achieved many phased results. By 2015, the number of invention patent applications in China reached 1.1 million, accounting for 38.1% of the global total, exceeding the sum of the United States and Japan, and by 2016, the number of invention patent applications in China reached 1.339 million; in 2016, there were more than 10,000 patent examiners in China, 48,916 enforcement intellectual property cases, and more than 140,000 judicial decisions. It can be said that the process of revising and improving China’s intellectual property legal system is accelerating, the number of patent applications continues to grow, the ability of intellectual property examination has steadily improved, and the level of internationalization has advanced by leaps and bounds. At the same time, the intellectual property operation system has been initially completed, and the regional intellectual property layout has also made breakthroughs. China’s intellectual property protection has achieved outstanding results, and the vitality of its intellectual property service industry has become increasingly apparent.
He Hua pointed out that according to the requirements of the “13th Five-Year Plan”, it is necessary to continue to deepen the reform of intellectual property work, strictly protect intellectual property rights, and make efficient use of intellectual property achievements. Build a number of major special projects such as transaction operation system, public service system, talent cultivation system, intellectual property culture, etc., complete a series of key tasks such as promoting industrial upgrading, strengthening the construction of provinces, and strengthening enterprises, and break through key projects such as patent quality improvement projects, intellectual property rights protection projects, and talent and service institution cultivation. The IP service industry should seize the opportunities of implementing strategies such as the “Belt and Road”, “Made in China 2025” and “Innovation-driven Development” to accelerate its development.
Zhou Guohui, Director General of Zhejiang Intellectual Property Office, delivered a keynote speech at the forum. Zhou Guohui introduced that Zhejiang’s intellectual property work is in the forefront in China and has been affirmed by many parties abroad. In the work of intellectual property, the main measures taken by Zhejiang Province include: strengthening top-level design and systematically promoting the construction of a strong province in intellectual property; Highlight independent innovation and continuously enhance the ability to create intellectual property rights; Strengthen protection and strive to create an environment for the development of intellectual property; Encourage the transformation and implementation, and continue to improve the level of intellectual property use. Summing up years of experience in intellectual property, the intellectual property system is the core support for promoting innovation-driven development and an effective passport to participate in international competition. From the perspective of its own attributes, the intellectual property system is actually a property rights system, a legal system and a creditworthiness system; From historical experience, the IP system is an important means to enhance the core competitiveness of a country and region; From the perspective of practical needs, the intellectual property system is the basic guarantee for stimulating innovation.
Zhejiang will closely focus on the goal of building a “strong province with intellectual property rights”, further deepen the pilot reform in the field of intellectual property, promote the integrated development of intellectual property and industry, effectively increase the protection of intellectual property rights, accelerate the development of intellectual property service industries, comprehensively improve the creation, use, protection, management and service level of intellectual property rights, promote new progress in all aspects of intellectual property work, and provide strong support for Zhejiang to build a moderately prosperous society at a high level in an all-round way.
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