Journalists were informed at the meeting of the director-general of the national intellectual property authority on 7 january that the “14th and fifth” period had seen a strong strengthening of the rule of law guarantees of intellectual property rights in our country。
According to the director-general of the national intellectual property authority, china has completed a new round of comprehensive amendments to the law of the people's republic of china on patents and its implementing regulations, establishing a system of high international standards for punitive damages for torts; accompanied by amendments to the guidelines on patent review, the standards for reviewing new areas, such as artificial intelligence, have been refined; the trademarks (revised) law of the people's republic of china has been considered for the first time by the standing committee of the national people's congress for public comment; the regulations on the protection of the design of integrated circuit charts (the revised draft is submitted for review) have been submitted to the state council for consideration; special legislation on geographical indications has been continued; comprehensive intellectual property legislation in force in the provinces (districts and municipalities) has reached 21 and the system of intellectual property legislation has been improved。
In addition, the protection of intellectual property rights in our country has been comprehensively strengthened. According to the information received, the national intellectual property authority has carried out intensive work to build a system for the protection of intellectual property rights, with a high quality promotion of rapid and concerted intellectual property protection, bringing the number of national intellectual property protection centres and fast-track defence centres to 129, with a cumulative caseload of 480,000 cases of intellectual property protection and the establishment of a “general pair” with the supreme people's court. Online interfacing mechanism, with a cumulative total of 450,000 mediation cases processed system-wide; satisfaction with intellectual property protection society increased from 80. 05 points in 2020 to 82. 81 points in 2025。
“in 2026, the national intellectual property agency will significantly raise the level of intellectual property protection and create a better environment for innovation. Accelerate the promotion of a new round of comprehensive amendments to the trademarks act of the people's republic of china and amendments to the regulations on the protection of the design of integrated circuit charts. Improving the intellectual property protection system in emerging areas. Promote research on intellectual property protection and application regulations. Accelerate the construction of rules for the protection of intellectual property rights in data, and continue to deepen the relevant pilot.” rainfall indicates。
