Shanghai International Intellectual Property Forum

Shanghai International Intellectual Property Forum, first launched in 2003, is an annual international intellectual property (IP) event in Shanghai. It has become the most influential IP forum in China and an important avenue for promoting China’s IP industry.

According to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between Shanghai municipal government and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2014, the two sides have become joint organizers of the forum. From 2014 to 2017, the two parties co-organized four events, with the mayor of Shanghai, the director of the National Intellectual Property Administration, and WIPO leaders in attendance and giving speeches.

Themes of past sessions of the Shanghai International Intellectual Property Forum

2003: Intellectual Property Strategy and Enterprise Core Competitiveness

2004: Intellectual Property and City Competitiveness

2005: Intellectual Property Protection and Creative Industry Development

2006: Intellectual Property and Independent Innovation

2007: Impacts of TRIPS Agreement on the Economic Development of Asian Countries

2008: Intellectual Property Trade and Service

2010: Intellectual Property and Innovative Cities

2011: Establishing a More Dynamic Intellectual Property Transactions Market

2012: Intellectual Property and Soft Power of Cities

2013: Intellectual Property and Innovation Environment

2014: Intellectual Property Application and Value Realization

2015: Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development Goals

2016: Building Respect for Intellectual Property Stimulating Innovation and Creatively

2017: International Exchanges on Judicial Protection of IPR & Dispute Resolution