NEWS: China Strictly Protects Intellectual Property Rights of Foreign Enterprises

China has established intellectual property cooperation relations with more than 80 countries and regions and international organizations, and patent examination highway (PPH) with 32 countries; more than 4,600 foreign-funded and joint ventures have been filed with national intellectual property protection centers and rapid rights protection centers …… A set of data from the State Council’s policy on Nov. 8 was presented at a regular briefing. A set of data from the State Council’s policy briefing held on November 8 fully reflects the recognition of foreign enterprises on China’s intellectual property protection.

“Attracting and utilizing foreign investment more vigorously is an important part of promoting high-level opening-up. In recent years, the State Intellectual Property Office has thoroughly implemented the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, actively responded to and resolved the concerns and demands of foreign-funded enterprises in intellectual property rights, strictly protected the intellectual property rights of foreign-funded enterprises in accordance with the law, and helped create a first-class business environment that is market-oriented, rule of law-oriented, and internationalized, so as to promote our country to become the preferred place of investment of the global enterprises, the first place of cutting-edge technologies, and the first place of innovative products. ” The relevant person in charge of the State Intellectual Property Office said.

Responding positively to concerns

Talks with representatives of the National Committee on U.S.-China Trade, the International Trademark Association, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and other organizations, and face-to-face in-depth exchanges with the heads of Dolby Laboratories, Tesla, Nestlé, Nike, Qualcomm and other enterprises …… This year, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) has listened to a wide range of opinions and suggestions from foreign-funded enterprises, and responded in a timely manner to the This year, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) has listened extensively to the opinions and suggestions of foreign-funded enterprises, responded promptly to the concerns and demands of foreign-funded enterprises on intellectual property rights, and provided better intellectual property services for foreign-funded enterprises operating in China.

In August 2023, Tao Lin, Global Vice President of Tesla Inc. visited China. She said that the company deeply felt that China attaches great importance to the protection of intellectual property rights, and looks forward to sharing China’s development opportunities with the industry.

In October 2023, the State Council executive meeting considered and passed the Special Action Program for Patent Transformation and Utilization (2023-2025), which explicitly proposed to encourage overseas patentees, foreign-invested enterprises, and others to transform and implement patented technologies in accordance with the voluntary and equal market-oriented principle. “This reflects the Chinese government’s clear position that it is committed to creating an open, fair, just and non-discriminatory innovation environment.” The relevant person in charge of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) introduced that the Office will work with relevant departments to improve the communication and exchange mechanism with foreign-funded enterprises, and establish a regular and institutionalized communication channel with foreign-funded enterprises; insist on treating the intellectual property rights of both domestic and foreign-funded enterprises equally and protecting them on the same footing, improving the intellectual property rights legal system, and improving the intellectual property rights protection system; and promote the exchanges and cooperation of patented technologies among countries on the basis of the principles of marketization and rule of law It will also promote the exchange of patented technologies among countries on the basis of the principles of marketization and the rule of law, and promote the larger-scale utilization of foreign investment.

Create a fair competitive environment

A favorable intellectual property environment is an important factor in attracting foreign investment. In addition to actively responding to and resolving the concerns and demands of foreign-funded enterprises in the area of intellectual property rights, the State Intellectual Property Office has continued to improve the mechanism of the international cooperation and exchange platform for intellectual property rights, and strictly protects the intellectual property rights of foreign-funded enterprises in accordance with the law.

From the perspective of improving the mechanism of international cooperation and exchange of intellectual property rights, the State Intellectual Property Office has been deeply involved in multilateral affairs under the framework of the World Intellectual Property Organization, proactively docking with high-standard international economic and trade rules, fully fulfilling its obligations under international treaties, and continuing to push forward the high-quality development of intellectual property rights cooperation in the “One Belt and One Road”. China has established intellectual property cooperation with more than 80 countries and regions and international organizations, and has established patent prosecution highways (PPH) with 32 countries.

With regard to the strict protection of intellectual property rights of foreign-invested enterprises in accordance with the law, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) has cracked down on the infringement of intellectual property rights of foreign-invested enterprises, and expedited the handling of infringement cases with clear facts and solid evidence in accordance with the law. Since the beginning of this year, the State Intellectual Property Office has properly dealt with a number of intellectual property disputes involving relevant enterprises in the United States, Germany, France, Italy, Thailand, Denmark and other countries, and concluded a number of major administrative rulings on patent infringement disputes. Meanwhile, more than 4,600 foreign-funded and joint venture enterprises have filed with the national IPR protection centers and rapid rights protection centers.2022, foreign-funded enterprises’ satisfaction with China’s IPR protection reached 79.11 points, and China’s sincerity and determination to open up to the outside world is obvious to all.

The relevant person in charge of the State Intellectual Property Office said that the next step will be to further increase the international cooperation on intellectual property protection, improve the regular communication and exchange mechanism with foreign enterprises, continue to provide better intellectual property protection and services for foreign enterprises, and attract more foreign enterprises to come to China to invest and prosper, and to share the dividends of China’s development and the mega-market.

By Li Qian, original (CN): https://www.cnipa.gov.cn/art/2024/9/6/art_3357_194679.html