IP scene

Beijing

Trilateral economic corridor planned

China, Mongolia and Russia will cooperate in many fields, including intellectual property, to build a trilateral economic corridor, according to guidelines released by the National Development and Reform Commission last week. The three neighbors agreed to improve transport facilities, to renovate ports of entry, to increase cooperation in energy, mineral resources, and environmental protection, and to widen service trade.

Xinhua News Agency

Views sought on online literature

On Monday, the National Copyright Administration publicized its regulations for online literature to gather public opinions. The regulations say that operators of search engines, browsers, blogs, app stores and online storage should not offer literature works without the permission of the right owners, and should delete infringing works and links within 24 hours after receiving the right owners' complaint.

Techweb

Shandong

Cultural exposition promotes heritage

With the theme of "Intangible cultural heritage in modern life", the fourth China Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo opens in the provincial capital Jinan on Wednesday and last through Sunday. The event includes exhibitions, forums, performances, trade and interactions. Craftsmen will demonstrate their skills. The organizer has invited more than 5,000 buyers, companies and associations from China and overseas.

iqilu.com

Zhejiang

Crackdown on counterfeit goods

The police of Haiyan county recently cracked down on a group making and selling counterfeit zips. They seized two suspects and found more than 20,000 zips bearing faked "SAB" labels at a factory in Taizhou city. The factory owner, surnamed Wu, said he had provided the counterfeit zips to a clothes factory because the client did not have enough time for genuine SAB products. Each of the counterfeits was sold at 1 yuan ($0.15), but the cost was only 0.25 yuan.

Jiaxing Daily

Guanggong

Institute to aid in internationalization

The Guangdong Intellectual Property Office and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies agreed on Sept 13 to jointly build an international IP institute, study international IP systems, launch course projects to provide better training and research strategies related to international trade for local companies. The IP office's head Ma Xianmin said the cooperation would help companies in Guangdong to expand abroad and promote the province's innovationdriven development.

southcn.com

(China Daily 09/21/2016 page17)