• experience in building a multi-level, integrated intellectual property public service in beijing
In beijing, one of the most resource-intensive areas in the country, with one of the most dynamic waves of innovative entrepreneurship. On the way to the establishment of the international centre for science, technology and innovation, the city of beijing has developed experience in providing basic, public-interest intellectual property services for innovation subjects, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises in the early stages of entrepreneurship, and in helping these economies to operate in a stable and healthy manner。
In the context of institutional reform, the beijing municipal intellectual property authority attaches great importance to the public service, setting up the beijing municipal intellectual property public service centre to undertake specific tasks in the construction of the intellectual property public service system. At present, the beijing-specific public service system of intellectual property, supported by the “1+17+n” level of public service, has been established, reaching out to the front line of entrepreneurship and providing innovative subjects with integrated intellectual property services that cover the entire realm of intellectual property rights and the whole chain. This public service provision of intellectual property rights provides the foundation for the capital to stimulate social innovation, deepen the reform of “discharges” and optimize the business environment。
Basic coverage
The principle of public intellectual property services for the benefit of the people is basic. “micro-enterprises in the early stages of entrepreneurship tend to have technological advantages, but do not have the extra time and financial resources to focus on intellectual property.” the relevant director of the beijing city intellectual property public service centre said that it was necessary to help them raise awareness and basic intellectual property rights at an early stage in order to avoid intellectual property problems in the wake of growing business. The public service of intellectual property, which is a public good, can help such enterprises deal with intellectual property issues。
“since 2007, we have begun to explore the development of public intellectual property services, building a three-tier intellectual property public service, with a network of intellectual property services, capable of covering the whole city of innovation.” the officer-in-charge informed the press that “1” in “1+17+n” was the beijing city intellectual property public service centre, “17” was the establishment of 17 district-level intellectual property public service centres in the beijing city districts and economic technology development zones, and “n” was the establishment of a public intellectual property service station in the priority parks and incubators。
The full coverage required by the intellectual property services system in beijing is provided by enabling all enterprises to find public goods, by covering the entire field of intellectual property rights such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, geographical indications, trade secrets, and by protecting intellectual property rights throughout the chain of creation, protection, application, management and services。
Not only is it possible for enterprises to seek help when they encounter problems, but government departments also offer help in sorting out problems and identifying needs. Intellectual property services workstations built in incubators and crowd-share spaces, with direct access to every enterprise in the park area, workstation liaisons, and the inclusion of major intellectual property issues in their service arrangements。
In a daily visit to research, the beijing piip public service's conway incubator found that the patents of one of the firms involved in intelligent detection and development were being copied by competitors and ready for marketing. With the help of the beijing city intellectual property public service centre, the workstation focal points help businesses to analyse the facts of abuse, determine the stability and sophistication of their intellectual property rights, and lay the foundation for their further advocacy。
Currently, there are 87 such workstations throughout the city. “work is at the grass-roots level, and enterprises need to respond first-time. As soon as common needs are identified, we will find experts to write them into service products and service industry development needs.” the officer-in-charge explained that after years of accumulation, the beijing municipal intellectual property public service system, service modules, service standards, etc. Had matured。
Strength, capture
In recent years, district centres and workstations have been active in combing the list of priority service providers, with over 1,500 identified. Between january and november this year, a total of 112. 73 million queries were answered by district centres and workstations throughout the city, and 4865 targeted service enterprises conducted 517 training sessions and promoted 10,967 intellectual property policy and information to enterprises。
“the municipal intellectual property public service centre provides operational guidance and job evaluation for district centres and workstations. Work is reported on a monthly basis and an annual assessment is made.” the relevant head of the beijing city intellectual property public service centre introduced that municipal and district intellectual property authorities provide intellectual property public service funding for workstations based on the annual work evaluation of the workstations。
In order to further upgrade the capacity of district centres and workstation focal points, the beijing city public service centre analyses the situation in the district centres and workstations. It has developed a systematic training curriculum and a thematic training course for focal points. In 2021 alone, eight training sessions for focal points were held to enable focal points to take up their posts。
Services-specific industries, focusing on industry needs, are important tasks of the ipr public service. In 2021, the beijing city intellectual property public service centre organized two priority industry-specific services for science fiction, chinese medicine and the internationalization of the emerging science-fiction and chinese medicine industries. Focusing on the construction of the “two zones”, the centre took the initiative to develop a digital trade test area and a beijing international large data exchange service demand, to prepare a guide to intellectual property protection in the digital economy, and to advance the digital economy and digital trade。
Specialized services also support local economic development in district centres. For example, the centre of the gate trench region has implemented a project to increase the efficiency of the branded help of the `choose of the gate ' , which focuses on modern horticulture, ice-sporting, new energy sources and the internet, and targeted “inquiries” visits。
“we also sent the services to some of the parks in tianjin and hebei after a number of enterprises in beijing city were displaced. So far, we have completed a `three-year plan' and this year we have launched a second `three-year plan' to promote synergies with the overseas defence of rights in tianjin, hebei and the `co-worker' of the public service in the area of intellectual property.” the official said。
In october this year, the beijing city council's centre for theory learning held a learning (expanding) session, in which the beijing city secretary cai chi stressed the need to improve the intellectual property public service system and to strengthen the capacity-building of public intellectual property services at the municipal, district and innovation levels. “most recently, the beijing city opinion on the further strengthening of the intellectual property public service will be put in place to consolidate the experience gained over the years by the beijing city intellectual property public service in the form of normative documents and to further improve it.” the officer-in-charge stated that the overall upgrading of the capacity of public service providers, the optimization of service lines on-line and off-line, and the further enrichment of the supply of public intellectual property services in the “whole-chain” are the future directions of the public service on intellectual property in beijing. (reporter willow)
