"intellectual property rights (ips)"
Intellectual property rights in china and the united states, both at the front and in cooperation。
China sent the united fleet to engage the us in intellectual property in geneva
The chinese negotiating team comprising the ministry of commerce, the national copyright agency, the general customs administration, the supreme court and the supreme prosecutor's office arrived in geneva yesterday. Since beijing time today, china and the united states will hold consultations on issues such as chinese intellectual property rights and market access for publications。
Earlier, on 10 april, the office of the united states trade representative had filed a request for consultations with the wto terminal settlement mechanism to launch a lawsuit against china for intellectual property protection and market access for publications. Wang qiang, director of the copyright management division of the national copyright agency, stated that since the request of the united states was managed by several departments in china, the negotiations were addressed by a “joint fleet” of the relevant departments。
Two lawsuits from the u. S. Complain and accuse
For the first time that the united states had complained to wto about its intellectual property rights, the experts said that such an approach might not be wise, since the united states was not sure that it would win, but would probably lose at least one suit, in the light of the wto rules。
On the issue of intellectual property rights, the united states filed two suits. On the one hand, market access, the united states complains that some iprs do not have adequate access, accusing china of imposing excessive restrictions on the sale of foreign books, films, etc. In china, and on the other hand, that china’s ipr enforcement is inadequate。
In response, rodi, a well-known chinese expert and senior researcher at the international institute of economic studies in the united states, said: “i assume that the united states might win the first case because they may have relevant evidence. And in the second case, the american side has a great chance of losing. Because there are no specific criteria for the enforcement of intellectual property protection under the wto framework. In general, wto member states are not obliged to enforce ipr protection significantly more vigorously than other laws, so i find it difficult for the united states to win the suit.”
