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Updated: 2005-09-08 10:46

Strong progress in IPR protection campaign

商务部部长助理傅自应在APEC知识产权高层论坛上说,在加入世贸组织的过程中,中国政府大幅度修改并新制定了与知识产权相关的大量法律法规和行政规章,去年年底还就广泛关注的知识产权刑事保护问题出台了相关的司法解释。这些努力使得中国的知识产权法律法规体系已经达到甚至超过了世贸组织TRIPS协定的保护标准。

 

Strong progress in IPR protection campaign

A file photo shows that pirated CDs and DVDs are destroyed in a crackdown campaign.

XIAMEN: China's specialized campaign to enforce intellectual property rights laws has been extremely successful, government officials said yesterday at the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation) High-level Symposium on IPR.

Ma Enzhong, deputy secretary-general of the State Office of Intellectual Property Protection, said that since last September, nine criminal and administrative enforcement departments have acted together in a nationwide crackdown on piracy, counterfeits, andtrademark and patentinfringements.

"The campaign has been marked by considerable achievements," Ma said.

In the past 12 months, industry and commerce departments on all levels have investigated and dealt with 24,189 trademark infringement cases and imposed fines totalling 157 million yuan (US$19.36 million), Ma said.

Copyright and cultural agencies have seized more than 167 million pirated products, destroyed 24assembly linesfor illegal disc production and shut down more than 2,960 illegal printing operations, he said.

Ma went on to say that patent offices have investigated and dealt with 1,115 instances of imitating patents and 153 instances of counterfeiting patents.

Customs authorities have investigated and dealt with 949 IPR infringement cases of imported and exported goods with a value of 73 million yuan (US$9 million), he added.

Public security units have resolved 1,300 IPR infringement cases involving merchandise valued at 1 billion yuan (US$123.30 million) and have arrested 3,000 criminal suspects, he said.

"China has been putting great emphasis on IPR protection, which is a major task in improving the country's investment environment," said Fu Ziying, assistant minister of commerce.

(China Daily)

 

Vocabulary:
 

trademark and patent infringement:(侵犯商标权和专利侵权)

assembly line: (生产线;装配线)


 

 
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