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China is one of the leading countries in terms of economics, but its IP rights is seriously flawed. Over the past decade, China has shown its best effort in improving this matter. In a recent speech, Chinese president Xi Jinping reaffirms the importance of intellectual property, as well as the China’s will to improve IP.
​China state that this country will improve its IP system.
China’s IPR system
China have acknowledged the Intellectual property rights (IPR) since the 1980s. Accordingly, China protects intellectual property in terms of trademarks, copyrights, patents and designs. The legal framework has been established base on the government legislation, administrative regulations, and decrees in these areas. China also is a member of WIPO, an international organization of IP.

Even though having involved in IP for a long period, IPR in China still has many flaws. This not only lowers the country’s reputation worldwide, but also limits its ability in the global emerging economy.

Many firms try to avoid doing businesses in China, even though this is a promising market; biases exist, and not without causes. China’s IP has a rough start, as this country approach IP in a “not-so-pretty” situation. Moving away from the old Soviet regime, China did not have a specific legal framework for IP. Since IP is a Western-originated definition, China had to adopt the western system of IP.

However, Chinese’s technology was slow back then, unable to compete with industrial power horses like the US or EU. China instead, relied on imitation, in other word, copy and make use of others’ innovations; which, sadly, will not work in the modern time. In recent years, China have become one of the leading industrial powers, and it possesses an impressive amount of IP. Shifting from imitating to innovating, China have to work out a fully functioned IPR system, both globally and domestically.
China will improve its IP system
In a plan of “Improving high standard market system”, the Chinese government has emphasized its actions toward protecting domestic IP. Specifically, guiding documents about IP protection of patent in medical and pharmaceutical and others have been provided. These documents also provide guidance with civil disputes in terms of IP. Accordingly, those who are going to or has infringed IP rights in a long terms will suffer a much more severe punishment.

In other note, patent and trademark procedures are reduced, which means the registration pendency will be shorter and more optimized. The plan also provide detailed guidance for register patent relating to drugs and e-commerce.
In a pursue of a larger IP scale
This is not the only goal, claimed the Chinese government. This country also established an IP court as a body of the Supreme People’s Court, which is responsible for resovling disputes related to patents and high-tech IP. Till the late of 2020, this body has recorded more than 4.000 cases of IP infringements.
Part of an ultimate movement?
Undoubtedly, the flaws in China’s IP system are huge drawbacks that have been dragging the development down in general. Many past reforms have not bring many positive news, but it did clear out certain biases when it comes to IP in China. Such improvement, indeed, is an importance move should China wish to enter a globally emerging economy.

There are hope of China sharing its knowledge and innovations to the world; however, with this promise, Chinese IP is still too domestic-center, and may harm the other countries’ IP when they wish to enter China. Though the foreign is often victorious when it comes to IP infringements in China, yet there is no guaranteed smooth IP protection.
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  • About
  • IP Services
    • Trademark
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    • Design
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  • News
    • Why do you need to register a trademark in China
    • What do you need to do to register a Chinese trademark
    • The Difference Between Copyright, Trademark and Patent
    • How And Why To Trademark In China
    • How do I protect myself from Intellectual Property Theft in China
    • How To Protect Your Intellectual Propery (IP) Rights In China
    • 7 Steps to Protect Your Intellectual Property in China
    • China is strengthening intellectual property protection
    • What should a foreign business know about filing a trademark in China
    • A Guide to the Chinese Trademark Registration Process
    • Why you should file your trademark in China now
    • Why is a Trademark Watch Important
    • Differences Between Trademark and Copyright
    • Avoiding IP Infringement with Chinese Sourcing
    • Cracking down trademark squatters under amended trademark law in China
    • How China is acting to combat bad faith trademarks
    • Intellectual Property protection when doing business in China
    • China's intellectual property rights protection improved to create a sound business environment
    • China’s race to become global intellectual property leader
    • China strengthens intellectual property rights protection prior to Beijing 2022
    • Important Trademark Development from China for 2022: What US Brand Owners Need to Know
    • How to Protect Trademarks in China
    • A simple guide to intellectual property in China
    • An Overview of the Latest Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law
    • What We Do When Trademark Squatters Get Smarter in China
    • The most important patent and IP business developments in China in 2021
    • A simple guide to trademark registration in China
    • Protecting your intellectual property in China
    • How To Enforce Intellectual Property Rights In China
    • What China’s new patent laws mean for life sciences
    • China extends lead over U.S. in global patents filings, U.N. says
    • What Do China’s High Patent Numbers Really Mean
    • How to Protect Your Intellectual Property Rights in China
    • Protecting your intellectual property in China
    • Procedure of filing trademark in China
    • The Importance of Having a Chinese Brand Name
    • Why Does Hong Kong Attract International Businesses
    • What’s the Difference Between Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
    • How to initiate a trademark infringement civil proceedings in China
    • How to Brand your products for the Huge China Market and Reduce Your Risk
    • 8 Trademark Mistakes Your Start-Up Must Avoid
    • What’s the Difference Between OEM and ODM Products
    • What the amendment to Article 4 of the Chinese Trademark Law means for bad-faith trademark filings
    • China starts rebuff of various metaverse trademark applications amid rush to hype the internet’s next generation
    • China, US and Hong Kong trademarks – A quick guide
    • Working with Chinese Trademark Agencies – A Dangerous Game, or Delicate Tightrope
    • China will improve its IP system
    • 12 Intellectual property Protection Tip
    • How to protect your brand in China
    • China Trademark And Brand Development Index 2021: Which Are China's Top Provinces
    • Must I Register My Company Name as a Trademark in China?
    • What You Need to Know About China Trademark Registration as a Foreigner
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