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Guangdong leads way on trademarks
By Qiu Quanlin in Guangzhou and Chen Hong in Shenzhen (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-04-24 10:50

South China'sGuangdongProvince, a leader inpatentandtrademarkdevelopment, is determined to further its efforts in cracking down on the infringement of intellectual property rights (IPR).

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Statistics provided by the Guangdong provincial intellectual property protection authority show that the province received 90,886 patent applications last year, of which 43,516 were approved, the largest number anywhere in the country.

By the end of last year, Guangdong had registered 350,000 trademarks.

Li Zhongduo, director of the Guangdong provincial intellectual property office, said at a press conference yesterday: "Besides achievements in patent and trademark development, we will continue to carry out a series of moves to root out IPR violations."

Last year, the authorities of public security and customs investigated 1,032 cases of IPR infringement, and thecopyrightand culture offices investigated 7,888 cases, involving more than 75 million items of audio and video products.

An IPR education campaign and a high-level IPR forum were also launched yesterday in the provincial capital city of Guangdong, to increase the public's awareness of IPR protection.

"Guangdong is one of the nation's leading suppliers of audio and visual products, and IPR protection here has been particularly challenging," Li said.


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