China News Service, April 25. According to Shen Changyu, Director of the State Intellectual Property Office on the 25th, in 2020, Chinese applicants filed 69,000 PCT international patent applications through the Patent Cooperation Treaty, ranking first in the world.
On the 25th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan" outline and speeding up the construction of a country with intellectual property rights.
Shen Changyu introduced at the meeting that in 2020, in accordance with the decisions and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the intellectual property system will coordinate the promotion of epidemic prevention and control and various business tasks, and successfully complete the national intellectual property strategy outline and the "13th Five-Year" national intellectual property protection Using the main objectives and tasks of the plan, various tasks have achieved remarkable results.
First, the protection of intellectual property rights has been comprehensively strengthened.
Complete amendments to the Patent Law and Copyright Law, and establish a punitive compensation system for infringement.
Firmly implement the "Opinions on Strengthening Intellectual Property Protection" and its promotion plan, and carry out a national inspection and assessment of intellectual property protection, and 10 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) scored more than 90 points.
There were 31,300 trademark violation cases nationwide and 7,100 cases of counterfeiting patent violation cases, and 841 cases were transferred to judicial organs.
Handled over 42,000 administrative adjudication cases of patent infringement disputes.
1,826 infringement and piracy cases were filed for investigation, and 213 cases were transferred to judicial organs.
A total of 62,000 batches and 56.182 million pieces of suspected import and export infringing goods were detained.
More than 520,000 criminal, civil, and administrative IPR cases were received in the first instance, second instance, and retrial, and more than 519,000 cases were concluded.
We cracked 21,000 criminal cases of infringement of intellectual property rights and production and sales of counterfeit and shoddy goods, and arrested 32,000 suspects, with a total value of 18 billion yuan.
Social satisfaction with intellectual property protection increased to 80.05 points.
Second, the quantity and quality of intellectual property creation have increased.
In the whole year, 530,000 invention patents were authorized, and the number of invention patents per 10,000 people reached 15.8, exceeding the national "13th Five-Year Plan" target.
The number of PCT international patent applications submitted by Chinese applicants through the Patent Cooperation Treaty reached 69,000, ranking first in the world.
In the whole year, 5.761 million trademark registrations were made, and 7,553 applications for Madrid international trademark registration were received from domestic applicants.
The number of registrations of works was 3.316 million, and the number of registrations of computer software copyright was 1.723 million.
765 geographical indication trademarks were approved for registration, 6 geographical indication protection products were recognized, and 1,052 companies were approved to use geographical indication special signs.
2,549 new varieties of agricultural plants and 441 new varieties of forestry plants were granted.
In the "2020 Global Innovation Index Report" released by the World Intellectual Property Organization, China ranked 14th, up 15 places from 2015.
Third, the benefits of the use of intellectual property rights have accelerated.
Statistics show that in 2019, the added value of national patent-intensive industries reached 11.5 trillion yuan, an increase of 7% year-on-year, accounting for 11.6% of GDP that year; the added value of the national copyright industry reached 7.3 trillion yuan, accounting for the year. 7.39% of GDP.
In 2020, among the world's 5,000 leading brands, China will account for 408, with a total value of US$1.6 trillion.
The total amount of patent and trademark pledge financing in my country reached 218 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 43.9%.
The direct output value of enterprises using special geographical indication signs totaled 639.8 billion yuan, which strongly supported the overall victory in the fight against poverty.
Signed 186,000 technical contracts involving intellectual property rights, with a turnover exceeding 1.1 trillion yuan.
The total import and export of intellectual property royalties was US$46.31 billion, of which exports were US$8.68 billion, a year-on-year increase of 31.5%.
Fourth, reforms in the field of intellectual property continued to deepen.
Vigorously promote the reform of “delegation, regulation, and service” in the field of intellectual property, and continue to improve the quality and efficiency of examination. The average examination period for invention patents has been reduced to 20 months, which is 2 months less than the initial period of the 13th Five-Year Plan; and the examination period for high-value patents has been reduced to 14 months; the average examination period for trademark registration has been reduced to 4 months, which is more than half of the initial period of the "13th Five-Year Plan" period.
Screen out a batch of abnormal patent applications that are not for the purpose of protecting innovation, and reject a batch of malicious registration applications for trademarks that are not for the purpose of use in accordance with the law.
Promote the “one-window service” of patent and trademark business acceptance, and achieve window integration in 27 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities).
The Supreme People’s Procuratorate established an Intellectual Property Inspection Office.
The Supreme People's Court established the Hainan Free Trade Port Intellectual Property Court.
Fifth, new progress has been made in international cooperation on intellectual property rights.
President Xi Jinping and EU leaders announced the formal signing of the China-EU Geographical Indications Agreement.
Participated in the completion of the negotiation of the intellectual property chapter of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP).
Orderly implement the intellectual property provisions of the first phase of the Sino-US economic and trade agreement.
Renewed the “Belt and Road” intergovernmental agreement on intellectual property cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization.
The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, the first international treaty on intellectual property rights concluded in my country and named after a city in my country, officially came into effect.
my country has made important progress in joining the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs.
The Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization established a business organization in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone.
Shen Changyu said that 2021 is the beginning of the "14th Five-Year Plan".
The Intellectual Property Office will speed up the preparation of the "Strategic Outline for a Powerful Country by Intellectual Property (2021-2035)" and the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for the Protection and Utilization of Intellectual Property Rights", strengthen the top-level design of intellectual property rights, and promote the cause of intellectual property rights from a higher starting point Seeking progress in stability and high-quality development will provide more powerful support for the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country, and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party with outstanding achievements.