On 22 april, at 9 p. M., the press bureau of the city of weihai held a series of press conferences on the theme “counselling for development with real courage”, in which the secretary of the municipal market supervisory authority, the director-general of the municipal intellectual property authority, liang ming, a member and vice-president of the municipal intermediate people's court party, shin shuqing, a member of the municipal market supervisory authority, wang hashi, a member of the wai hai customs committee, and vice-president wang sun, gave a briefing on the pilot project to build the state intellectual property power power of weihai city。
In recent years, under the strong leadership of municipal councils and municipalities, the municipal markets regulatory authority has brought together the various functional units to promote the high-quality creation, efficient use and high-level protection of intellectual property rights (iprs) to enable them to develop economically and socially. In 2024, the city of weihai was successfully approved as a pilot city for the construction of the national intellectual property power。
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Overall performance
The system of institutional safeguards has been improved. In conjunction with pilot urban construction standards and local practices, a programme of work (2024-2026) was developed for the construction of a national intellectual property authority in the city of weihai city, which provides a framework for the construction of a pilot city with the characteristics of the weihai sea in seven areas: sound mechanisms, encouragement of creation, promotion of use, enhanced protection, optimization of services, overseas layout and culture. At the same time, the creation of a system of support for intellectual property policy has been accelerated, with the formulation of more than 20 policy measures for the allocation of fiscal powers over intellectual property rights, dispute mediation and management of patent funds, bringing together 23 municipalities and 7 municipalities to work together on priority tasks. In 2024, the city of weihai achieved full marks on intellectual property rights in high-quality development examinations across the province. The ipr was the first in the province, and for the second year in a row was inspired by provincial councils and provincial governments。
Patent creation achieves double-chance. Focusing on critical aspects of patent creation, spearheading the development of local standards for the promotion of high-value patent development work throughout the province, establishing the first five patent examiners ' practice bases, collaborating with tianjin review to establish a patent review and service base to facilitate rapid patent review and determination. By the end of february, the city had a cumulative total of 8,395 active invention patents, an increase of 20. 5 per cent over the same period, which is higher than the province, 1. 9 per cent and 7. 41 per cent, respectively, and 13. 5 per cent of high-value invention patents for 10,000 people, with the “xivv” target being met ahead of schedule. The construction of trademarks has produced significant results, with the cumulative development of 87,322 trademarks, 65 geographical signs and 5 protected products, the third largest number in the province. Four national prizes such as the china patent award for excellence were won and a new breakthrough was achieved. A typical example of a province-wide geo-marked rural revitalization case is the emerald oyster and venden western ocean。
Intellectual property protection has continued to increase. The effectiveness of administrative protection is evident in the successful approval of a pilot project to regularize administrative decisions in national patent tort disputes, the innovative construction of a “fast protection” model for “tort determination + administrative mediation + judicial confirmation”, the processing of 37 administrative decisions, the reduction of the case cycle by 70 per cent and the promotion of one typical case by the national intellectual property agency. Special actions for the administrative protection of intellectual property rights, such as patents, trademarks and copyrights, have been carried out on an ongoing basis and 145 cases of administrative penalties have been brought. The judicial sabbatical has served as a deterrent to the creation of an intellectual property court, which has brought intellectual property cases to a “triple” conclusion, an increase of 31. 5 per cent in the number of cases concluded and 19 cases of intellectual property offences investigated, creating a situation of high pressure on intellectual property offences. In coordination with protection efforts, a “four-part” dispute resolution system for “conciliation + administration + arbitration + justice” was established, 11 intellectual property dispute mediation organizations were established, 441 conciliation disputes were settled and one typical case was selected as one of the 10 leading mediation examples in shandong province. An intellectual property circuit tribunal was established to adjudicate 153 cases of intellectual property dispute resolution, the highest number in the province. • upgrade of advocacy services. Three new foreign intellectual property public service stations have been established, including japan, russia and viet nam, to provide “one-on-one” foreign rights advisory services to weihai enterprises and to successfully guide four enterprises in dealing with international disputes, helping them recover economic losses of more than 4 million yuan。
Conversion to eco-sustainable optimization. In-depth implementation of patent conversion initiatives to promote strong chain efficiency in intellectual property rights in priority industries, innovation in the development of a “college-company” supply model, targeting tertiary institutions to match market demand, “order-type” r & d and “drop-in” innovations, 2692 transfers of patent-licensed technology in 2024, an increase of 75 per cent over the same period, benefiting 850 enterprises, one case being selected for the ten typical cases of patent-transfer conversion in shandong province, with a contract for patent-based technology amounting to $214 million. A new breakthrough was achieved in the development of patent-intensive products, with 31 products identified by the state as achieving a gross product of rmb 8. 27 billion, at the second highest rate in the province. Patent navigation has reached an all-time high, with seven projects on provincial lists. The province has taken the lead in the financing of pledges of intellectual property, with 361 pledges in 2024, amounting to $4. 16 billion, receiving a provincial interest rate of over $16 million, the second and first place in the province. Actively building participatory, multi-sectoral mechanisms for data and intellectual property services, promoting data and intellectual property rights to break the ice, completing the country's first-class intellectual property licensing, obtaining eight registration certificates of intellectual property rights for data and achieving new breakthroughs in data and intellectual property rights pledge financing and cross-provincial licensing。
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Next priorities
The building of pilot cities in the country's major intellectual property markets is an opportunity to provide strong support for the construction of the “precision city of weihai” by continuously upgrading the quality, efficiency, conservation effectiveness and management services of intellectual property。
Integrated market pilot construction and global connectivity. (c) deepening the construction of intellectual property markets and promoting pilot acceptance in the vundun district, the veng city and the high district through the state intellectual property power county and the strong district. Strengthen institutional innovation and policy integration, optimize incentives for intellectual property appraisal, build global connectivity patterns and move the pilot cities forward。
High-value patenting with a focus, through key links of chain transformation. The construction of high-value patent incubators in institutions of higher learning, the implementation of integrated patent conversion reforms, the construction of industrial intellectual property operations centres and the construction of patent pools in priority industries have led to the conversion of university stock patents over 300 times. (b) promote greater investment in inclusive loans and increase access to intellectual property pledge financing。
A solid system of coordinated protection is in place to secure the protection of rights. Establishment of a local platform for rapid and coordinated protection of intellectual property rights at the national intellectual property protection centre in shandong province, with a view to promoting the adoption of the pilot project for the regularization of administrative decisions on national patent infringement disputes and the adoption of a model area for the protection of geographical indications in mountain oysters. (c) continue special initiatives for the protection of intellectual property rights, improve mechanisms for the settlement of intellectual property disputes, strengthen assistance for the prevention and protection of foreign intellectual property risks and improve the overall effectiveness of intellectual property protection。
The national intellectual property agency will vigorously implement branding strategies and what will be done by the municipal markets regulatory authority in implementing branding strategies
The city of weihai markets regulatory authority will focus on building a chain-wide service system from policy incentives to protection of interests in four areas。
Implementation of a system of policy incentives focusing on high-end branding and international layout. Under the wieshai city brands and standardized strategic incentives scheme, a one-off award of up to $250,000 is granted to persons who have received china's famous trademarks. A one-time award of not more than $50,000 is granted for the registration of a national geographical sign product identification or geographical sign trademark. Our dominant industry is encouraged to create regional brands by registering and applying collective trademarks or certifying trademarks, with a one-off incentive not exceeding $250,000 for eligible trademark registrants. A successful bid against trademarks outside the country is funded by a one-time brand protection fund of up to $30,000。
Establishment of a service support system and intelligent government services. Building on the wieshai reception window of the trademarks operations of the national intellectual property agency, which provides two channels of “online pre-trial plus offline”, innovative “markkeeper” services include a full process of searching, clerical guidance, type planning, special “brand consultation” initiatives, field-based solutions to brand management problems in enterprises, and the establishment of a transnational branding mechanism to guide outward-looking enterprises in the international registration of madrid trademarks。
The establishment of a value conversion system, the establishment of a “knowledge-capital” conversion platform, and the application to the national intellectual property agency for the opening of localised trademark pledge financing channels to reduce the business radius. (c) create a tripartite “government and finance” collaboration mechanism to transform intangible assets into financing advantages, unlock financial bottlenecks for smes, broaden access to finance for enterprises and promote the effective use of enterprise trademark intellectual property rights。
Establishment of a system of protection of rights and interests. Implementation of the “triple” protection, rapid 24-hour response to complaints of abuse, establishment of a list of priority intellectual property rights protections and dynamic monitoring of my city's famous and famous trademarks. Cross-sectoral coordination is needed to combat violations of the right to register trademarks and to create safe ports for brands。
In the past year, the weihai court has achieved significant results in the area of judicial protection of intellectual property, and in 2025, what will be the focus of municipal courts on judicial protection of intellectual property
In 2024, the city-wide courts firmly established the concept that the protection of intellectual property rights is innovation, raising the overall level of judicial protection of intellectual property rights by concluding 518 cases of various types of intellectual property rights, an increase of 31. 5 per cent over the same period, granting interest rate of 94 per cent and concluding cases within normal limits of 98 per cent, all of which are better than reasonable areas determined by the supreme court. The quality of trials has steadily improved, and the effectiveness of judicial protection has been further demonstrated by the fact that the cases have been closed and efficiently discharged. The white paper on the report of the judicial protection of intellectual property of the city court of the sea (2019-2023) was issued, providing an analysis of the basics of intellectual property trials over five years in the city court and providing advice on issues identified in the judicial protection process。
In 2025, the weihai court will be following up on the decision-making arrangements of the party centre and the state council on the overall strengthening of intellectual property protection, in conjunction with our city's opinion on strategies for promoting high-quality markets and brandings, and will focus on the protection of intellectual property rights in weihai's well-known brands。
Establishment of a joint judicial protection of intellectual property. On 24 april, the municipal court, in conjunction with the joint intellectual property protection units of the market supervisory authority, the municipal public prosecutor's office, and the relevant industry authorities, will launch the joint intellectual property protection station for the “wilden west ribbon” “winden west ribbon” “winding sea oysters” and the first four protection stations will select a well-known brand of weihai, with greater influence throughout the province and throughout the country, which will facilitate the formation of a co-ordinated protection mechanism for the judicial administration of the weihai brands and promote greater awareness of the protection of the brands of society。
(c) promote the normalization of mechanisms for synergistic protection of intellectual property rights. At the end of 2024, the municipal court signed minutes of meetings with the department of communication of the municipal council, the municipal public prosecutor's office, the public security directorate, the market supervisory authority and the secretariat of the arbitration commission, which established a mechanism for coordinated protection of intellectual property rights. This year, the normalization and operationalization of the synergistic protection mechanism will be advanced. Following the launch of the coordination and protection of intellectual property, a colloquium will be held to exchange ideas among the various partners, industry authorities and trade associations on strengthening the coordination and protection of prominent brands, with the participation of legal experts, representatives of the people's congress, members of the political consultative council and trade-mark professionals, and with the participation of the above-mentioned industry associations and their members to hear business claims and provide legal services to enterprises。
(b) broaden the coverage of corporate equity by using brand protection as an entry point. Strengthening the judicial protection of my city's well-known trademarks, geographical symbols and trademarks, as well as the protection of patents and commercial secrets in areas such as artificial intelligence, biomedicine, marine economy, etc., broadens the scope of intellectual property protection. Broadening the coverage of the rights and interests of the main market players, responding in a timely and precise manner to the legal needs of enterprises, helping them to protect against intellectual property violations and the risk of abuse, and creating a “chain-wide, accurate” system of judicial services。
The city court will take advantage of the launch of the four major industrial protection stations to take full advantage of the coordinated function of intellectual property justice, while promoting cross-regional intellectual property protection, optimizing the rule-of-law business environment with high-quality intellectual property trials and contributing to high-quality economic and social development。
What are the priorities that will be pursued this year to enhance intellectual property protection and help build strong intellectual property markets
In order to create a new development paradigm for better services and promote high-quality development, in accordance with the unified deployment of the general customs administration, from 5 march to 31 december 2025, customs will carry out a special operation for the protection of intellectual property rights (coded as “ronten 2025”), and the customs service will focus on three areas:
(d) continue to advance the focus area of targeted abuse governance. Strengthening intellectual property rights protection for goods imported and exported from countries with “across the road” and dynamic monitoring and tracking of abusive trends; continuous counter-attacks on the fragmentation of channels such as mail, couriers, cross-border electric operators, and increased surveillance of high-risk abusive commodities destined for priority countries and regions; integrated use of “brand intelligence” app, intellectual property protection enforcement system, customs intellectual property protection system, intellectual property status pre-recognition system, etc. To improve enforcement effectiveness and implement precision strikes。
Focus on synergistic protection and optimize law enforcement processes. Support for the creation of a national intellectual property authority in the weihai to build model cities, deepen collaboration with market regulation, copyright, tobacco monopolies, public security, courts, etc., enrich cooperation in cross-customs law enforcement, and strengthen follow-up and joint action against violations. Innovative initiatives to advance the “pre-recognition” of the status of intellectual property rights in imported and exported goods to facilitate the clearance of legitimate goods and to further reduce the costs of customs clearance, rights-based advocacy, etc. Of exporting and importing enterprises。
Assisting enterprises to defend their rights and promote quality development. The territorial and operational features of the sea-based approach guide enterprises to take advantage of customs facilitation policies to help them protect against the risk of abuse. Focus on the needs of future industries such as the new threes, new quality productivity, science and technology, and implement the one plan service measures to assist enterprises in developing and improving their intellectual property policy. (c) strengthen the guidance and services for the protection of the rights of small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) and actively guide enterprises with needs for the protection of intellectual property rights (iprs) of export and import, by filing iprs and providing chain-wide protection support。
