China's IP System Deepens IPR Protection Campaigns

According to SIPO Deputy Commissioner Bao Hong, at a news conference in Beijing on January 12, IP system across the nation has yielded fruitful output in the past three months since the launch of a special campaign on combating IPR infringement and manufacture and sales of counterfeit and inferior quality commodities, 406 patent disputes have been handled and 233 counterfeiting cases were concluded, up 76.52% and 35.47% respectively.

In 2010, Chinese authorities have striven their efforts to carry out the law enforcement campaigns, handled 1,013 patent disputes and concluding 605 counterfeiting cases, up 5.19% and 4.67%. Statistics show that 20,646 officer/times haven been dispatched to inspect commercial establishments for 10,642 times and to examine 2,134,668 commodities, up 55.94%, 76.98% and 61.41% respectively. In addition, they handled 3 cases transferred by the police and 17 cases transferred by other agencies. They carried out 545 inter-agency and 972 inter-regional law enforcements, up 2.25% and 376.47%.