Forum: IP progress, but many challenges

Despite decades of improvement, the intellectual property rights system in China is meeting new challenges and needs new strategies, said industry insiders and scholars at the fifth China IP Annual Forum on Jan 9 in Beijing.

With the rapid development of the Internet, many IP rights holders have difficulties collecting legal evidence in growing online infringement, said Chen Xiaoyan, vice-president of Shanghai-based Sinofaith IP Group.

But she noted every online behavior "leaves traces" that can be hunted down.