On the morning of 24 april, the shandong people's procuratorate held a press conference entitled “prospects for quality development with high-quality intellectual property services”, which published the white paper on intellectual property inspections (2022-2024) in shandong province and a typical case of protection of intellectual property in 2024. At the meeting, wang chinjie, deputy attorney-general, member of the shandong provincial public prosecutor's office, presented the main elements of the white paper on inspection of intellectual property (2022-2024), informing me of the performance of the duties of the public prosecutor of intellectual property in my province. The head of the office of the public prosecutor's office of intellectual property in shandong province presented the typical case and responded to questions from journalists, who were asked by the relevant comrades in qingdao city and texas. The press conference was conducted by the head of the public information and communication office of the shandong provincial public prosecutor's office。
Integrated judicial protection of intellectual property rights is firmly advanced
Criminal repression continues to increase, with cases showing a “stable, double-growth” trend. The number of cases reviewed and prosecuted for offences against intellectual property rights increased by 101. 1 per cent. Among them, crimes against copyright and against business secrets, mainly those involving counterfeit registered trademarks, increased significantly, by 41. 1 per cent and 11. 1 per cent, respectively, in 2024。
There has been a steady increase in investigative surveillance and collaboration, and the effectiveness of rights-seeking efforts has been evident. The prosecution authorities at all levels have stepped up their efforts to monitor and investigate cases, recovering over $720 million in financial losses in 451 cases of offences against intellectual property, a 2. 5-fold increase。
The number of cases of supervision of decisions of civil effect increases each year, and the monitoring of civil enforcement activities becomes more intensive. Over the years, the number of cases received for monitoring the civil validity of intellectual property rights has increased by 77. 8 per cent, 147. 1 per cent and 54. 8 per cent, respectively. The type of case for supervision of civil enforcement activities covers examination of violations of the law, enforcement of violations of the law and sanctions。
There has been a strong advance in the cross-fertilization of executions and the protection of public service litigation has become increasingly widespread. In a timely manner, 45. 3 per cent of non-prosecutors recommend administrative sanctions to the executive to effectively avoid “no punishment”. 188 public interest litigation cases involving counterfeit health care, medically protected food and medicine security, false seeds, false geographical indications of the quality of agricultural products, counterfeit oil, environmental ecology of tail gas treatment, etc。
Services guarantee quality development
The department of public prosecutions of the province has taken the initiative to integrate the inspection of intellectual property into the work of the party and the state, fully utilizing the functions of the “four prosecutions” and helping to build the socialist modern provinces of the new era with high-quality inspections. The first is the construction of the science and technology sector for service security. Documents such as the opinion on full access to prosecutorial functions to secure green low-carbon quality development quality forward areas and guidelines for the examination of evidence of criminal cases infringinging business secrets continue to be dedicated to “service security, high-level science and self-reliance” and “specialized supervision of violations of business secrets” are being severely combated by violations of business secrets that undermine key core technologies in enterprises. Fifty-one 134 cases of crimes against commercial secrecy were handled, and four cases were evaluated as typical cases by the national prosecution service. Secondly, services guarantee comprehensive rural renewal. (c) the implementation of the recommendation on the full use of the prosecution service and the guarantee of the full promotion of rural renewal and the accelerated modernization of agricultural and rural areas, the reference manual on the specialized activities for the protection of geographical signs, the active participation in the special campaign entitled “aspection of agricultural qualifications”, which focuses on the protection of key geographical marker products, such as the “agret east” “small oysters”, and the severe punishment of offences involving violations and offences committed in the agricultural sphere. The department of public prosecution has handled 349 cases of farm-related abuses. Third is the construction of a strong department for the protection of services. Actively participating in special initiatives such as the “smuggles against corruption” and the “cultural power building in the service”, increasing the judicial protection of the copyright of new works such as digital works, cultural creativity, the collage of toys and script killings, innovation in the service of cultural industries and the development of the cultural market, and prosecuting 197 offences against copyright throughout the province, a 3. 1-fold increase. Fourthly, service guarantees optimize the rule of law business environment. (b) “specialized supervision of intellectual property rights by the office of the public prosecutor, ex officio”, “special monitoring of intellectual property rights by the office of the public prosecutor,” and “special monitoring of criminal proceedings against intellectual property rights by law, with a view to ensuring equal protection of the legitimate rights and interests of all categories of persons involved in the operation of the law. A total of 2035 cases involving intellectual property rights have been handled by the provincial prosecution authorities, and 17 cases in which the bulk defence of copyright rights was based on fiction have been challenged in accordance with the law。
Focus on synergetics. Bureau
The provincial public prosecution service has taken serious steps to implement the requirements of the shandong programme for the construction of intellectual property in the province (2021-2035) in order to strengthen co-protection, promote social governance and establish a broad protection framework. One is deepening cross-sectoral synergies. To strengthen collaboration with the courts, public security organs, market regulators, etc., by creating mechanisms, joint supervision, co-training, etc., for the protection of intellectual property rights. The second is to contribute to resolution and governance. Full use of the multi-range dispute prevention and resolution mechanism to promote the substantive resolution of disputes and the promotion of social governance with good prosecutorial advice. The province-wide prosecution authorities have issued 106 recommendations in the area of social governance in the field of intellectual property, and one case of civil oversight and settlement of intellectual property rights by the aoshima prosecution service has been reported in the daily journal. Thirdly, there is multifaceted advocacy for the rule of law. The organization of a special event on the protection of intellectual property rights in zirou, the publication of a white paper and a typical case by the provincial prosecutor's office for the fifth consecutive year, the creation of intellectual property protection, which we have been on the road。
Focus on efficiency, advance intellectual property inspection. Functions
The system, mechanisms and capacity-building of the public prosecution service throughout the province are constantly optimizing the allocation of prosecutorial resources, increasing the level of specialization, and improving the effectiveness of the integrated prosecution of intellectual property. One is to build strong work systems. In 2022, the centralization of the functions of the office of the public prosecutor of intellectual property or the office of the public prosecutor was fully implemented, and the centralization of the function of the public prosecutor of intellectual property was carried out. Second is the improvement of working mechanisms. With the establishment of complementary working mechanisms such as integrated operations, cross-regional collaboration, digital empowerment and technical fact-finding, my provincial ipr portfolio continues to be at the forefront throughout the country. The third is to build a hard team. In-depth training was carried out on the subject of “court-of-the-court” and the preparation of work guidelines, as well as the holding of the first provincial competition on intellectual property inspection, the selection of 10 top-notch professionals, 20 cadres and the successful selection of 6 police officers to the national intellectual property inspectorate。
People's supervisors, specially invited assistant prosecutors, representatives of institutions, expert scholars, representatives of trade associations and journalists from various central and provincial media in the provincial procuratorates were invited to participate in the press conference。
