With the principle of serving China's diplomacy, economy,
science and technology and foreign trade as well as IPR, China's IP
international cooperation will be more active in promulgating
international regulations and standards in the IP field, rather
than merely accepting or following international routine.
Some basic work will be enforced, such as collecting, editing
and studying IP international developments and IP information from
the most developed countries and upgrading preparation plans and
ability to deal with unexpected events.
Communication and coordination among various government
departments will be enhanced, as will the connection with Chinese
embassies abroad and cooperation with Chinese enterprises. IP work
involving foreign countries will be more seriously tackled, and a
mechanism to settle international IP disputes will be
completed.
China will further enforce its connection with World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the International Union
for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) and the World
Trade Organization (WTO), as well as other international
organizations and actively engaged in promulgating and amending
international IP rules and expanding China's influence in
international IP cooperation.
Cooperation with developed and developing countries will be
promoted, and China will further expand its international
cooperation for creating a more favorable international
environment.
China will enhance its cooperation and exchange with other
countries in the trademark field, especially with those with whom
it has close trade relations so as to promote trade and investment,
and it take a greater role in various negotiations, amendments to
the Trademark Law Treaty and other matters involving international
trademark legal matters.
SIPO will investigate the needs of Chinese enterprises in
international trademark protection, and try its best to protect the
trademark interests of Chinese companies abroad.
In the field of copyright protection, China will be more active
in international cooperation, such as regular meetings with
American counterparts for film copyright protection, and achieving
better understanding thro9ugh the film copyright protection
mechanism so as to establish effective ways to enforce
international cooperation in overall IPR protection. Cooperation
and exchanges with WIPO, WTO, APEC and other international
organizations in the copyright field will continue, and China will
involve itself more in making new international copyright rules and
attending relevant international conferences.
In addition, China will actively develop its cooperation with
developing countries, especially those in Asia, to change the
present unfavorable international copyright protection system for
them. SIPO will continue work together with foreign copyright
organizations to fight against international internet infringement
activities, such as with the Motion Picture Association of America
(MPA) and the International Federation of Phonogram and Videogram
Producers (IFPI) in information sharing and technical services.
Relevant international organizations will be invited to China to
show their achievements in IPR protection and to exchange
ideas.
In term of patent protection, SIPO will foster its cooperation
and communications with other countries and organizations, such as
the regular Sino-American Senior IP Dialogue, numerous symposia or
training programs jointly held by SIPO and WIPO, Sino-American IP
Symposium proposed by the US Patent and Trademark Office. China
will host Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Gene Resources,
Traditional Knowledge and Folk Arts, and send it people to study IP
laws in developed countries.
China will foster international cooperation and communication in
customs IPR protection. Under the mechanism of China-US Joint
Commission on Commerce and Trade, Chinese Customs will start
information and intelligence exchange in IP cases with their
American counterpart.
In the 11th Five-Year Plan, China will closely watch the reform
and development of the international IP system, study the rule and
characteristics of domestic and international IPR disputes and
relevant countermeasures, properly deal with cases involving
foreign countries, establish and complete an international
cooperation mechanism in fighting against IPR infringements and
cross-country or border infringement crimes.
(SIPO.gov.cn)