China News Service, April 25th, according to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, on the occasion of the 22nd World Intellectual Property Day, on April 24th, a national video conference on protecting the intellectual property rights of the seed industry against counterfeiting and shoddy brand infringement was held in Beijing. Zhang Taolin, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.
The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to unify thought and action into the central decision-making and deployment, implement the relevant requirements of the central seed industry revitalization action, strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights, severely crack down on counterfeit and shoddy seed industry, illegal and criminal acts of counterfeiting, and purify the seed industry market environment.
The meeting pointed out that the protection of intellectual property rights in the seed industry is related to the self-reliance of the seed industry in science and technology, the success or failure of the revitalization of the seed industry, and the foundation of national food security.
Strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights in the seed industry is the greatest protection for the vital interests of breeding innovators, the greatest support for enterprises to enhance their core competitiveness, and the greatest incentive for the original innovation vitality of the seed industry.
The meeting called for strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights in the seed industry to focus on the difficulties and pain points such as insufficient protection of original innovation, difficulty in investigation and evidence collection, and insufficient crackdown on infringement. Technical support, improve the working mechanism, do a good job of publicity and guidance, accelerate the management of the "ID card" of varieties, continue to maintain a strict inspection and high-pressure situation, focus on improving the supervision efficiency of the whole chain and the whole process, and comprehensively improve the level of intellectual property protection in the seed industry.