China

IP Key and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) held a workshop on the “Enforcement of Trade Secrets" in Beijing on June 12, 2014, hosted by SAIC.

The workshop was conceived in the framework of a peer-to-peer exchange exercise between Chinese and European experts on a range of topics concerning the current set of measures and instruments to protect trade secrets from violations and abuses.

A delegation of the Legislative Affairs Office of the National People’s Congress (LAC) carried out a study visit to Europe (Ireland and Denmark) from the 2nd to the 8th July, organised by IP Key.

The members of the LAC delegation met EU experts from the relevant ministries, judiciary, IP practitioners and industry to share views and learn from best practices on several issues in the current agenda of reforms for the Chinese Patent Law.

IP Key recently organized a “Trademark Best Practice Seminar” in cooperation with SAIC. The meeting took place at SAIC’s Guesthouse facilities in Beijing.

About 30,  Chinese official and examiners from several different departments of SAIC/CTMO (International Registrations, GI, Application, Legal and International Affairs, IT, TRAB), succesfully engaged their EU peers in in-depth discussions covering a set of trademark related topics jointly identified by IP Key and SAIC over the course of 2 months.

On 23-24 September, the Chinese Ministry of Culture will hold its 2nd nation-wide Online Cultural Market Enforcement Training in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. The Ministry has invited IP Key to contribute to this training introducing online copyright enforcement trends in the EU and sharing best practices of case investigation and evidence collection during a one day training session.

Background

Building on the outcome of the study visits conducted earlier in May (see relevant summary report for additional information), IP Key and the Legislative Affairs Commission at the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (LAC) held a follow up experts’ roundtable at the Conference Center of the National People’s Congress in Beijing, to address – mainly from an academic perspective - a range of copyright-related topics relevant for the current legislative reform.

IP Key invited academics from UK and Germany as well as DG Trade to join as key speakers for this purpose.

IP Key launched IP Café - a series of open and interactive discussions on current intellectual property issues affecting the development of intellectual property Law in China.

The debates will  feature key experts from Europe and China discussing the issues that shape China’s IP laws and provide thought provoking insight into how to manage and develop them as China continuously moves from a manufacturing led to an innovation led economy. 

Collective Rights Management

EU-China Customs Cooperation on IPR Enforcement – (Action Plan 2014-2017)

2nd Working Group meeting

1st Joint Group Meeting of Risk Management Experts Specialised in IPR

In the context of the EU-China Customs Cooperation Action Plan (2014-2017) on IPR Enforcement, IP Key in conjunction with EC's Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD) and the General Administration of Customs P.R.C. (GACC) is organising the 2nd Working Group Meeting and the 1st Joint Group Meeting of Risk Management Experts Specialised in IPR.

Theme of conference

IP Key presents the Guest Lecture Series—a series of lectures by experts working in IP industry, academia and institutions from Europe and China. The first lecture will be held at Tsinghua University and is open to students and the general public.

Geographical Indications (GI) and the Legal Framework in Europe

Roundtable discussion regarding IP enforcement mechanisms in court procedures, arbitration, and mediation in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone