IP scene

Beijing

Patent Week runs nationally

Patent Week will start on Friday and last through next Thursday nationwide, with an online service portal as the main venue. The annual weeklong promotional event initiated by the National Intellectual Property Administration has been held for 11 years. Revolving around the theme of fostering high-quality patents and promoting high-quality development, this year's event will include a series of high-tech startup project roadshows, tech investment and trade fairs, as well as business matchmaking for commercialization of patented technologies.

National intellectual property administration

Videos removed for infringements

A total of 15 major Chinese online video-sharing platforms have collectively taken down 570,000 short videos involving copyright infringements, China's copyright authority announced in early November. Noting existing copyright problems among the 15 major video-sharing platforms, the National Copyright Administration summoned representatives from companies such as Douyin, Kuaishou, Pear Video and Bilibili over copyright concerns in September. The authority asked the platforms to strengthen copyright management of their content to ensure that all copyrighted videos, music, photos and text are published with the proper authorization.

Xinhua

Shandong

Building starts on protection center

Construction of a national-level fast rights protection center has started in Ningjin county, the first of its kind in Shandong province, local officials announced in Beijing earlier this month. The center will focus on the fitness equipment and home furniture industries, offering services in processing patent filings and settling patent disputes. It will also be devoted to creating a comprehensive service platform for intellectual property's protection, management and operation and boosting the upgrade and innovation in the two sectors. Ningjin accounts for some 70 percent of China's gym equipment market. More than 70,000 people work in over 3,000 businesses involved in the two pillar industries in the county.

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Zhejiang

New circuit court unveiled in Hangzhou

A new circuit court dedicated to intellectual property cases was unveiled at Future Sci-Tech City, a high-tech industrial park in Hangzhou, in mid-November. The new judicial team sits at the park, hearing cases involving the park's businesses and will also give lectures, offer training and consultancy services, and help to improve local companies' IP management and risk controls.

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Inner mongolia

Garment festival held in Hohhot

A garment festival aimed at promoting ethnic clothes was held last week in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The six-day event began in the regional capital Hohhot, with close to 2,000 pieces of Mongolian ethnic clothes displayed. Mongolian garments have more than 800 years of history and are an intangible cultural heritage of China. In 2012, the regional government issued a standard to help with the development of the clothes.

Xinhua

(China Daily 11/29/2018 page17)