(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) China's Supreme Law: Severely sanctions against trademark squatting and other acts involving epidemic prevention and control
China News Agency, Beijing, April 21 (Reporter Zhang Su) Changjiang Bixin, Vice-President of the Supreme People's Court of China, said in Beijing on the 21st that it will strengthen the judicial protection of intellectual property rights related to epidemic prevention and severely punish trademark squatting for the prevention and control of epidemic situations , Counterfeiting trademarks, commercial slander, false propaganda and other acts that disrupt market order, and strengthen the deterrent effect of criminal punishment of intellectual property rights.
On the same day, the Press Office of the State Council of China held a press conference on the judicial protection of intellectual property rights, and Jiang Bixin made the above remarks at the meeting.
It is understood that on the 20th, the Supreme Law issued guidance on the proper trial of civil cases involving new coronary pneumonia in accordance with the law, and proposed ten specific measures. Jiang Bixin introduced that in terms of intellectual property rights trials, there are "three enhancements." One is to make full use of the construction of smart courts to strengthen the trial of related cases. National courts make full use of the achievements of smart court construction, strengthen Internet judicial and online litigation services, and ensure that "epidemic prevention and control" and "judicial trial" are correct.
"The second is to strengthen the judicial protection of intellectual property rights related to epidemic prevention, severely punish trademark squatting, counterfeit trademarks, commercial slander, false propaganda and other acts that disrupt market order, and strengthen the deterrent effect of criminal punishment of intellectual property rights." Jiang Bixin Say.
He pointed out that the third is to strengthen the investigation of intellectual property trial related to epidemic prevention and control. Pay close attention to new situations and new problems that arise in the research and development of new coronary pneumonia prevention and control research, and strengthen research on the judicial policy in an emergency. How to protect intellectual property rights and protect people's health, not only to ensure the correct application of the law, but also to help resume production To achieve the unification of legal and social effects.
"To overcome the epidemic is inseparable from the support of science and technology; technological innovation is protected by intellectual property trials." Jiang Bixin emphasized.
In response to the recent malicious registration and trademark-related epidemic situation, Lin Guanghai, Vice President of the Intellectual Property Trial Division of the Supreme People's Court of China, added that malicious registration of trademarks seriously violates good faith and disrupts the order of trademark registration and market order.
It is reported that Chinese courts have adopted five measures including case judgment, judicial policy, value guidance, case guidance, and joint construction and governance to strictly regulate malicious registration of trademarks. Lin Guanghai emphasized that the "Supreme People's Court's Opinions on Comprehensively Strengthening Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights" issued that day will further strengthen the regulation of malicious squatting of trademarks. (Finish)