Premier Li Keqiang urged on Tuesday that greater efforts should be made to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights and to crack down on illegal and criminal acts involving infringement on rights and counterfeiting.
Shanghai is striving to improve the capacity of local enterprises to handle overseas intellectual property rights (IPR) disputes, the local IP administration announced on Wednesday.
IP is injecting impetus to develop China into a country potent in science and technology, and China will continue to contribute its wisdom to the development of the mankind.
The Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration on June 14 issued the pilot work plan for open patent licensing in East China's Shanghai, which proposed to strive to achieve at least 100 open patent licenses in the city by the end of 2022.
The China National Intellectual Property Administration recently agreed to carry out a pilot project, allowing foreign patent agencies to establish resident representative offices in the Pudong New Area and in Caohejing Hi-Tech Park, located in Shanghai in East China.
China's accession to the Hague Agreement for the International Registration of Industrial Designs and the Marrakesh Treaty officially came into force on May 5, fully demonstrating the country's proactive stance in participating in the development of the global intellectual property system.
The Hague System for the International Registration for Industrial Designs took effect in China on May 5 and East China's Shanghai city has apparently been quick off the mark to take advantage of the new arrangements.
Shanghai city in East China recently released its list of the top 10 benchmark cases in intellectual property, or IP protection in 2021, following recommendations from local government departments and expert reviews.
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