China News Service, Hangzhou, July 15 (Reporter Xi Jinyan) Strengthening the protection of trade secrets is an important task to strengthen anti-unfair competition and an important part of strengthening intellectual property protection. It is important for stimulating innovation and creation, maintaining fair competition, and optimizing the business environment. , It is of great significance to promote high-quality economic development.
The reporter was informed on the 15th that the National Trade Secret Protection Innovation Pilot Conference was held in Hangzhou, with 20 national trade secret protection innovation pilot areas, 12 provincial (city) market supervision departments, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the State Intellectual Property Office. Relevant persons in charge of the department and relevant experts in the field of trade secret protection exchanged and shared on the innovation pilot of trade secret protection, and visited the Hangzhou Commercial Secret Protection Demonstration Base.
The reporter learned from the meeting that in recent years, Zhejiang has been focusing on "planning, demonstration first, standard promotion, and legal protection", and has continued to strengthen top-level design, consolidate the foundation of work, increase protection, and create a good environment. Exploration and innovation in the protection of major trade secrets has been carried out, and the level of trade secret protection has been comprehensively improved.
Zhejiang's practice of protecting trade secrets has been listed as one of the top ten influential events against unfair competition since the establishment of the State Administration for Market Regulation.
In order to strengthen the top-level design of trade secret protection, Zhejiang formulated the "Guiding Opinions on Comprehensively Strengthening the Protection of Trade Secrets", implemented 10 major measures including the administrative guidance system for trade secret protection, and made every effort to build and improve the work system of trade secret protection with Zhejiang characteristics; Zhejiang Province Anti-Unfair Competition Regulations, improve the rules of evidence in trade secret infringement lawsuits, and reduce the burden of proof on the right holder.
The protection of trade secrets shall be included in the provincial key special plans such as the "14th Five-Year Plan for Market Supervision in Zhejiang Province" and the "14th Five-Year Plan for Intellectual Property Development in Zhejiang Province", which are deployed and promoted in one body with market supervision and intellectual property work. .
In order to consolidate the foundation of trade secret protection, since 2016, Zhejiang has continued to deepen the construction of the “Ten Districts, Hundreds of Counties and Thousands of Enterprises” trade secret protection bases, and issued the “Guidelines for the Construction of Trade Secrets Protection Bases in Zhejiang Province” to comprehensively improve the demonstration of trade secret protection. Base construction level.
Up to now, Zhejiang Province has built 1,833 commercial secret protection bases, initially forming a commercial secret protection demonstration model combining "province, city and county".
Published the country's first provincial-level local standard of "Business Secret Protection Management and Service Specifications", highlighting its versatility and practicability, guiding enterprises to correctly identify and sort out the scope of business secret protection, and formulating management systems for air defense, physical defense, and technical defense based on actual conditions, and establishing Relevant confidentiality measures, implement risk investigation and emergency response mechanisms, and comprehensively improve business secret protection and management capabilities.
At the same time, Zhejiang has strengthened law enforcement and protection of trade secrets. The Zhejiang Provincial Market Supervision Bureau signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Provincial Public Security Department, the Provincial High Court, the Provincial Procuratorate and other relevant departments to study and formulate the "Zhejiang Provincial Trade Secret Protection Collaborative Measures". The principle of "one party is the mainstay, multiple parties participate, each performs its own duties, and jointly manages" forms a joint force in the protection of trade secrets.
Carry out comprehensive law enforcement "iron fist", anti-unfair competition law enforcement and other special actions, make the investigation and handling of trade secret cases as the focus of law enforcement, and promote all localities to increase law enforcement and case handling, effectively protect the innovation achievements of enterprises, and maintain a fair competition environment.
It is reported that in the next step, Zhejiang will carry out high-standard national trade secret protection innovation pilot work, promote the establishment of a larger-scale and higher-level pilot demonstration system, focus on forming more diverse and effective protection models and practical experience, and strive to build a commercial Secretly protect New Heights.
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