Yu Chen recently outlined Shanghai's approach to IP governance at the main forum of the 14th China Intellectual Property Annual Conference.
The 15th China International Trademark & Brand Festival drew attention to the vital role of trademark protection in the evolving global market.
Shanghai saw the number of valid invention patents spike 12.21 percent year-on-year to 293,700 in the first half of this year, Yu Chen, deputy director of Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration said during a news conference on Sept 9.
Top officials with the Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration or SIPA met with a delegation from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council for key talks on Aug 20.
Shanghai's Lin-gang Special Area registered the nation's first intellectual property,or IP for a data product serving cross-border "data-to-process" services.
Shanghai established the Private Enterprises Intellectual Property Protection Committee on July 30 — in a bid to strengthen intellectual property or IP protection and to promote the high-quality development of private enterprises.
Starting Aug 6, several trademark systems have been operating under new URLs.
Watch this video to discover how Shanghai is pioneering administrative adjudication for patent infringement disputes.
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