The number of intellectual property undertakings is booming

In the 70 years, the intellectual property undertakings flourished with the growth of New China. For 70 years, with the spirit of reform and the spirit of openness and cooperation, we have promoted the intellectual property cause step by step to achieve a historic leap from scratch, from small to large, and have become a veritable intellectual property power, providing reform and opening up. Strong support has also made due contributions to the development of the world's intellectual property cause. On the occasion of celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, this newspaper specially selected the important time nodes in the development of intellectual property over the past 70 years to show them together. Let us follow the historical "footprint" and review the extraordinary achievements on the road to building a strong IP country .

1950

On July 28, China promulgated the "Interim Regulations on Trademark Registration" to protect the exclusive rights of general industrial and commercial special trademarks.

On August 11, China promulgated the "Provisional Regulations for the Protection of Invention Rights and Patent Rights" to encourage the research of production science by the citizens and promote the national economic construction and development.

1953

On April 1, China published the first issue of "Trademark · Invention Bulletin".

in 1980

The State Council approved the original National Science and Technology Commission's "Inquiry Report on Establishing a Patent System in China", and China began to explore the establishment of a patent system. In March, the China Patent Office was formally established.

In June, China joined the "Convention on the Establishment of the World Intellectual Property Organization" and became a member state of the World Intellectual Property Organization. Since then, China has joined more than 20 international conventions on intellectual property rights, including the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Trademarks, and the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

1983

On March 1, the "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China" was officially implemented. This law is a modern law that is suitable for China's national conditions at the time and basically conforms to international practice.

In 1985

On April 1, the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China was formally implemented. On the same day, the Chinese Patent Office received 3,455 patent applications from home and abroad, which was praised by the World Intellectual Property Organization as a new record in patent history.

year 1991

On June 1, the "Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China" was implemented.

2001

China officially joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). Prior to this, in order to meet the WTO's provisions on the "Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreements" (TRIPs), China has revised and improved the relevant intellectual property legal system, establishing a uniform, transparent, WTO-compliant law that is suitable for specific national conditions. system.

Year 2008

On June 5, the State Council issued the "National Intellectual Property Strategy Outline", clearly proposing the implementation of the national intellectual property strategy.

On October 9, the State Council approved the establishment of an inter-ministerial joint meeting system for the implementation of the national intellectual property strategy. Under the leadership of the State Council, it coordinated and coordinated the implementation of the national intellectual property strategy. The joint meeting office was located at the State Intellectual Property Office.

2012

On June 26, the WIPO Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances closed in Beijing, and officially signed the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, filling the gap in the international treaty on comprehensive copyright protection in the field of audiovisual performances, becoming the first international intellectual property born in China treaty.

2015

On March 13th, "Several Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the System and Mechanism of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council to Accelerate the Implementation of Innovation-driven Development Strategies" was issued, pointing out that the intellectual property system should be the basic guarantee for stimulating innovation.

On December 18, the "Several Opinions of the State Council on Accelerating the Construction of a Powerful Intellectual Property Country under the New Situation" was issued and made it clear that the national intellectual property strategy should be deeply implemented, the reform of key areas of intellectual property should be deepened, and stricter intellectual property protection should be implemented.

2016

On November 4, the Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Improving the Property Right Protection System to Protect Property Rights in accordance with the law was issued, stating “Intensify the punishment of IP infringements, increase the legal compensation limit for IP infringements, and explore the establishment of knowledge on patent rights, copyrights "Punitive compensation system for property rights infringement", strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights.

On December 30, the State Council issued the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for National Intellectual Property Protection and Utilization", which clarified the development goals and main tasks of the "Thirteenth Five-Year" intellectual property work, and comprehensively deployed national intellectual property work. This is the first time that intellectual property planning has been included in a national key special plan.

2017

The report of General Secretary Xi Jinping at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that "initiating an innovative culture and strengthening the creation, protection, and application of intellectual property rights" is the work guide for the development of intellectual property in the new era.

On July 17, General Secretary Xi Jinping chaired the 16th meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Leadership Group and pointed out at the meeting that property rights protection, especially intellectual property protection, is an important aspect of shaping a good business environment.

2018

At the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference on April 10, President Xi Jinping pointed out that strengthening intellectual property protection is the most important part of perfecting the property rights protection system and the biggest incentive to improve China's economic competitiveness.

On August 28, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 2018 “Belt and Road” IPR High-level Meeting, pointing out that the IP system plays an important role in promoting the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”. China unswervingly implements strict intellectual property protection, protects the intellectual property rights of all enterprises in accordance with the law, and creates a good business environment and innovation environment.

On November 5th, President Xi Jinping pointed out in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the first China International Import Expo that protecting the legitimate rights and interests of foreign-funded enterprises, resolutely punish violations of foreigners ’legitimate rights and interests, especially violations of intellectual property rights, and improve the quality and efficiency of intellectual property examination , Introducing a punitive compensation system.

2019

On July 24, the 9th meeting of the Central Comprehensive Deepening Reform Committee, chaired by General Secretary Xi Jinping, reviewed and passed the "Opinions on Strengthening the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights", emphasizing the need to reform and improve the work system for the protection of intellectual property rights.

The task of reforming national, provincial, and municipal intellectual property institutions was successfully completed, and centralized and unified management of trademarks, patents, geographical indications, and integrated circuit layout designs was achieved.