Important progress was recently made in terms of working relations in intellectual property, or IP, between the city of Shanghai in East China and Hong Kong Administrative Region.
The 4th China International Import Expo (CIIE) concluded in Shanghai recently, with the value of intended deals tipping at $70.72 billion, 2,900 participating companies from 127 countries/regions, 422 examples of new products, technologies, services showcased, all history highs.
Rui Wenbiao, director general of the Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration, recently received a delegation from the Shanghai United Assets and Equity Exchange – led by its president Zhou Xiaoquan – in Shanghai in East China.
The Shanghai No 3 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Liang Yongping, the founder of a website that hosted pirated films with Chinese subtitles, to three years and six months in prison on Monday for copyright infringement and also fined him 1.5 million yuan ($235,000).
Jakob Linulf, Consul General of Denmark in Shanghai, wrote a formal letter to the Shanghai municipal government, expressing his country's appreciation for the efforts the city made recently in combating a counterfeiting case of the Lego registered service trademark.
Gan Shaoning, deputy head of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, or CNIPA, on Nov 5 led a delegation on a visit to the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Shanghai Service – also known as the WIPO Shanghai Service.
China's intellectual property office led the world last year by reporting 1.5 million patent applications, 2.5 times more than the United States, which ranked second, the World Intellectual Property Organization said on Monday.
The Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration issued a program about strengthening intellectual property protection services during the fourth China International Import Expo on Oct 28.
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