IP Scene

Beijing

Innovators awarded in competition

The Beijing Invention and Innovation Competition awarded 21 people for their outstanding performance in innovation in mid-July. The winners, from various walks of life, included a researcher making breakthroughs in core aerospace technologies, a university professor focusing on research into soil recovery and an engineer engaged in resolving difficulties in new energy-generated power provision for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The annual competition has seen growing influence across the city, its organizers said.

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Desire to read more books on the up

According to an e-reading survey recently released by Amazon in Beijing, some 45 percent of respondents worldwide considered reading more books as one of their annual growth goals. In China, the proportion was 55 percent. About 68 percent of the Chinese surveyed said holidays are their best reading time and 55 percent of the Chinese respondents chose reading as their favorite activity on holiday.

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Shanghai

Expo facilitates IP express processing

An intellectual property official from Shanghai announced in late July that patent filings for exhibits during the upcoming China International Import Export will be given priority in processing. Exhibitors can file a priority application on the spot at the expo. In addition, local enforcement officials will provide a green channel to handle IP disputes related to products on display, according to a plan for IP protection for the expo.

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Jiangsu

Circuit trial case heard in Nanjing

The Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People's Court opened its first circuit trial at the SPC's Third Circuit Court in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province in late July. The trial involved cases regarding disputes over a water pump invention patent between appellant Wang Yeci and five defendants including a water pump manufacturer based in Xuzhou, Jiangsu. The trial, which was broadcast online, was attended by more than 80 people including press and local judges, as well as students and teachers from Nanjing University and other higher education institutions. The verdict, pending further investigation, will be announced at a later date.

Xinhua News Agency

Hubei

Patent-based loans popular in Wuhan

Government data show that financial institutions in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, granted 98 patent-collateralized loans worth 712 million yuan ($103.47 million) in 2018. It marks the fifth straight year that such loans have surpassed 700 million yuan. The deals, more than 80 percent of which involved Wuhan Rural Commercial Bank, benefited nearly 50 companies.

China Intellectual Property News

Guangdong

Private companies prosper in Shenzhen

Private businesses accounted for 97.66 percent of all types of commercial organizations in Shenzhen by the end of May, according to a report on private economy recently released by the city's committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The report found that some 73 percent of inventions and 91 percent of nationwide well-known trademarks in the city come from private companies. They account for more than 80 percent of national high-tech companies and innovation entities in the city, the report said.

China Intellectual Property News

(China Daily 08/01/2019 page17)