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China prepares IP rights strategy
Friday, 14 November 2003The Chinese government has announced the drafting of a national strategy on intellectual property rights in a bid to draw China in line with other major global economies regarding copyright law.
Officials from the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) are asserting that the strategy will see the completion of IPR legislation within the next decade while bracing existing copyright law.
Wang Jingchuan, commissioner of SIPO, announced the plans at the 2003 Intellectual Property Strategy and Enterprises Key Competitiveness Forum, highlighting Chinas lack of patent applications.
Figures indicate that Only 951 Chinese patent applications had been lodged with the World Intellectual Property Office by the end of last year, compared with 44,609 from the United States, 13,531 from Japan and 2,552 from South Korea.
Mr Jingchuan stated that other governments would be required to offer preferential policies targeted at encouraging Chinese inventors to establish small and medium sized hi-tech enterprises based on their patents.
The situation is not optimistic, said Mr Jingchuan. On the one hand, we need domestic businesses to become more aware of IPR but, on the other hand, we also want them to defend their legal interests, he said.
Officials from the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) are asserting that the strategy will see the completion of IPR legislation within the next decade while bracing existing copyright law.
Wang Jingchuan, commissioner of SIPO, announced the plans at the 2003 Intellectual Property Strategy and Enterprises Key Competitiveness Forum, highlighting Chinas lack of patent applications.
Figures indicate that Only 951 Chinese patent applications had been lodged with the World Intellectual Property Office by the end of last year, compared with 44,609 from the United States, 13,531 from Japan and 2,552 from South Korea.
Mr Jingchuan stated that other governments would be required to offer preferential policies targeted at encouraging Chinese inventors to establish small and medium sized hi-tech enterprises based on their patents.
The situation is not optimistic, said Mr Jingchuan. On the one hand, we need domestic businesses to become more aware of IPR but, on the other hand, we also want them to defend their legal interests, he said.