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The national intellectual property agency published the first batch
Priority cities (regions)
Examples of good practices in intellectual property protection reform
Shenzhen 5 cases selected
The number is the highest in the country's cities
The selection of five outstanding cases, including the full range of guidance firms on responding to the 337 investigations, the protection of business secrets, judicial protection of intellectual property in the digital economy, intellectual property arbitration, innovations in intellectual property inspection, etc., covers the entire chain of administrative protection, judicial protection, arbitration and overseas protection of intellectual property rights, fully reflecting the comprehensive strengthening of intellectual property rights since shenzhen initiated the construction of an intellectual property protection highland。
In recent years, shenzhen's high standards have advanced national intellectual property protection highland construction, with first-instance efforts in regulatory systems, major works, conservation of ecology, innovation elements, cross-border collaboration, and openness. The selection of a pilot city for the optimization of the business environment in the country, the national integrated financial ecology of intellectual property; the establishment of the international institute of intellectual property in shenzhen by the national intellectual property authority and the university of beijing; the approval and acceptance of the first national centre for the rapid defence of intellectual property rights throughout the city; the establishment of overseas intellectual property protection stations in germany, singapore and brazil。
Selected cases
Case i
Full guidance to enterprises in responding to the 337 investigations to protect their legitimate interests abroad
Shenzhen has put in place a regularized monitoring and early warning mechanism to keep abreast of developments in priority country (regional) cases, including the 337 investigations; set up a precision guidance service to develop policy initiatives, strengthen municipal linkages and strengthen expert synergies to support enterprises in responding to international trade frictions; and set up a systematic tracking and evaluation mechanism to summarize typical cases that warrant the 337 investigations, issue model cases of early corporate success and practical guidelines for overseas protection, and improve the capacity of enterprises to respond to overseas disputes。
Case ii
Strengthening the chain of business secrets for the protection of technological and technological innovations
Shenzhen has strengthened the coordination of efforts to protect business secrets, strengthened the chain of execution of business secrets cases, set up a multi-dimensional system of services, set up a think tank of experts, issued standard guidelines, established a full chain of protection services for foreign-related “pre-training + monitoring + ex post”, severely combated violations of business secrets, used administrative mediation to resolve disputes over business secrets, promoted insurance against down-site commercial secrets and promoted the further development of commercial secrets protection。
Case iii
Explore improved rules for intellectual property protection in the digital economy to build up the highlands of the digital economy industry
Shenzhen has put in place mechanisms to improve judicial protection of “research studies - case demonstrations - rule provision - institutional innovations”, put in place recommendations on the application of judicial protection of intellectual property rights in the digital economy, set up a panel on data disputes to hear cases of intellectual property rights in the data sector, actively build up quality cases, improve the digital evidence system, develop support mechanisms for the identification of all-process techniques, and promote the improvement of rules of judicial adjudication of intellectual property rights in the digital economy and the deeper integration of innovations in judicial mechanisms。
Case iv
Construction of the austro-basil international arbitration centre in port-au-prince to promote cooperation on intellectual property protection in port-au-prince
Shenzhen has actively promoted the convergence of rules and mechanisms for the protection of intellectual property rights in hong kong and the great lakes region, strengthened synergies between judicial and arbitral aspects of intellectual property rights, initiated negotiations to promote and mediate cross-border intellectual property disputes, established the shenzhen mediation + hong kong arbitration model, built on the talent advantage of “two national jurisdictions” and engaged hong kong and australian legal and business actors in arbitration cases, and explored useful ways to promote cooperation and a high level of protection in the area of intellectual property。
Case v
In-depth promotion of intellectual property inspection reforms and innovation to create new engines for high-quality intellectual property inspection
In shenzhen, the inspection function of intellectual property rights has focused on the harmonization of reforms and innovations, the establishment of a system of “synchronous reporting and simultaneous guidance”, the integration of prosecutorial functions, the improvement of the evidence system as a guide, the harmonization of case standards, supported by the system of technical investigators, the improvement of the quality of intellectual property rights inspection cases, with the aim of addressing such issues as type of cases, the introduction of guidelines for the protection of commercial secrets, copyright protection, electronic products, etc., and the promotion of high-quality enterprise development。
