Chinanews, Beijing, Apr. 4 – The State Office of Intellectual Property Protection (SOIPP) on Monday issued China's action plan on the protection of intellectual property rights in the year of 2007. According to this plan, China will take as many as 276 concrete measures to protect intellectual property rights on a full scale.
These measures cover nearly every aspect related with IPR protection, including legislation, law enforcement, judicial proceedings, system construction, publication, training, international exchanges and cooperation, enterprise IPR protection, service for IPR owners, and research work.
In legislation, in 2007 Chinese government will draft, enact, or revise 14 laws and regulations related with the protection of trademarks, copyrights, patents, and customs. In addition, the government will issue 7 judicial explanations and guidelines.
In law enforcement, China will launch 14 campaigns and 11 regular supervision activities against piracy.
In judicial proceedings, China will take 8 measures to guarantee that the whole society maintains the vigour to build an innovative society and protect intellectual rights.
In system construction, the government aims to build a highly efficient law enforcement scheme for IPR protection and set up a convenient system for people to report IPR violation cases. The program consists of 46 detailed measures.
In addition, SOIPP will take 26 measures to further promote international exchanges in IPR protection. Through dialogues, inspections, cooperations, international exchanges and training programs, it is expected that China can deepen its cooperation with international organizations in the protection of trademarks, copyrights, and patents. The Chinese public security bureaus will set up a name list for some enterprises, and issue guidelines for publicizing IPR issue among state-owned enterprises. The government will carry out 23 research programs related with IPR protection.
Statistics show that since China joined the WTO, China has encountered an increasing number of lawsuits arising from IPR protection issue year on year. Chinese companies have paid more than one billion US dollars in compensation in this respect. The United States and the European Union have been criticizing China for not doing a proper job in IPR protection.
