China

IP Key China and the Supreme People’s Court of China have maintained productive collaboration over the past years. This year, the cooperation continues with the organisation of the annual EU-China Judicial forum which focused, among other topics, on IP in the application of China´s Anti-monopoly Law. It was held from 18 to 19 September in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province of China.

IP Key China continues to support the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA) of China to organise the exchange activity on new plant varieties protection. This activity includes two sessions.

IP Key China and the Quality Brands Protection Committee of China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment (QBPC) co-hosted the 2023 EU-China forum on criminal IP enforcement on 18-19 October in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.

This forum brought together representatives from IP enforcement authorities, experts and rights holders from the EU and China for extensive discussions on the new trends and challenges in criminal IP enforcement, sharing best practices and promoting international cooperation.

Initiated by IP Key China, IP Café is a series of interactive discussions on current intellectual property issues affecting intellectual property law development in China and Europe.

Following exchanges among academics and activities carried out since IP Key China's current phase was kicked-off, a closed-door IP Café was held on 10 July 2023 in Beijing. This was the first IP Café in the current phase of the Project.

World-renowned professors representing leading EU and Chinese universities discussed and shared their insights on topics including: