Forum notes crucial intellectual property role in global market

As increasing numbers of Chinese companies expand into the global market, they need to improve their competence in facing intellectual property issues, said experts at a seminar held recently in Zhongguancun, Beijing's high-tech hub.

Zhang Zhicheng, an official from the State Intellectual Property Office, said at the seminar that international IP disputes involving Chinese companies are on the increase, both in traditional manufacturing and emerging sectors.

He said that one example is China's increasing share in all so-called Section 337 investigations in the United States, which focus on allegations of patent or trademark infringement.