China

A one-day seminar entitled “Seminar on IPR in Standardisation” will be held on December 10th 2015 at the Novotel Xinqiao in Beijing, China. It is an activity under the EU-China Cooperation on IPR, and will be co-organised by the Treaty and Law Department of Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and IP Key. The seminar will bring together Chinese and EU government officials, standard-setting organisation (SSO) representatives, academics, industry representatives, and IP lawyers to provide insights into policymaking and management in the area of IPR in standardisation.

Roundtable discussion regarding the new specialised IP courts on May 14, 2015 in Guanzghou.

Under the context of the recent establishment of Guangzhou’s IP specialised court, the second IP Café will be held in partnership with Sun Yat-sen University and will focus on the new Specialised IP Courts.  Davide Follador, Long term expert of IP Key brings together key experts from the European Union and China, asking them what are their expectations to the development of China’s new specialised IP courts, and its ramifications to enforcement. 

Confirmed speakers

This study visit aims to keep Chinese copyright administrative authority abreast of the recent regulatory and technical developments in the area of online copyright enforcement and collective management in Europe at a time where Chinese Copyright Law undergoes final legislative review, leading the way to the preparation of secondary legislation in related these areas.

European stakeholders can benefit from improved awareness of the benefits of using and how to use the patent system in China, which includes invention patents, utility model patents, and registered design patents. IP Key, in partnership with China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) and the Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DPTO), Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM), and Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO), held a roving seminar series explaining how to use the Chinese patent system to maximise value to EU companies and properly protect their patents.

Celebrating 10 years of the EU-China IP Dialogue Mechanism

In the occasion of an official visit by SAIC Vice Minister to the EU, IP Key organised a set of roving seminars in Budapest, Prague and Warsaw with the participation of trade mark experts from the Chinese Trade Mark Office and Appeal Board, aimed at presenting an updated picture of the Chinese trade mark administration and enforcement system.

On the 16th October, representatives from Chinese universities meet to discuss the 2nd EU-China IP Academic Forum. The first forum was held in the Suzhou Campus of Renmin University in 10th May 2015, and successfuly attracted over 200 participants. Next year the forum will be held in London and will be led by QMUL in April 2016. The EU-China Research Network Feasibility Study was also launched during this meeting. 

The Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People’s Congress, Standing Committee of the PRC (in short, LAC) is in the process of further revising the Chinese Criminal Code (lastly revised in 2012), LAC Department of Criminal Law is going to be working, in particular, on the amendment to the chapters regulating IPR crimes.

IP Key and LAC recently partnered in the organization of a study visit for a DG-level delegation of the Legislative Affairs Commission, which unfolded in peer to peer exchanges in Rome (Italy) and Alicante (Spain) between November 11th and 18th, 2015.

IP Key and the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) are engaged in a long-term series of activities to improve understanding about the workings of the utility model systems in China and in various EU Member States.

A delegation of the Legislative Affairs Commission at the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, led by the Director of the Civil Law department, currently working on the revision of the PRC Copyright Law successfully completed a study visit to Europe organised by IP Key under the umbrella of the “New EU-China cooperation on IPR”.