China's intellectual property index report released, Beijing ranked first for five consecutive years

Source: on the afternoon of July 22, 2013, China broadcasting network, China intellectual property index report research group released China intellectual property index report 2013 (hereinafter referred to as "index report 2013") in Beijing, which covers 31 provinces and cities (excluding Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao) The top ten intellectual property comprehensive strength indexes are Beijing, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shandong, Tianjin, Fujian, Liaoning and Chongqing Beijing has been the first place since 2008 According to the introduction, the comprehensive strength index of intellectual property in each province and city is based on the relevant data of intellectual property in the previous two years, constructed by 118 indicators in four aspects, i.e output level, flow level, comprehensive performance and creation potential of intellectual property Index report 2013 is the fifth annual evaluation report issued by China intellectual property index research group since 2009 According to the report, Beijing's comprehensive strength of intellectual property ranked No 3 in 2007 and has been No 1 since 2008 Among the top ten intellectual property comprehensive strength indexes, the southeast coastal areas occupy 5 seats, the Bohai rim area occupies 4 seats, and only Chongqing in the central and western regions has entered the top 10 Compared with previous years, Beijing ranks first, Jiangsu ranks in the top three for the first time, and Shanghai and Guangdong each fall one Of the 31 provinces and cities, Tibet rose the fastest, from 31st in 2012 to 26th According to the report of frequent infringement of overseas intellectual property rights of local enterprises, there are frequent cases of infringement of overseas intellectual property rights of Chinese enterprises In recent years, many well-known trademarks in China have been repeatedly registered overseas "Laoganma" and "Qia" in the food industry were maliciously forestalled by dealers in Germany, "guifaxiang 18th Street" Mahua was forestalled in Canada, "Goubuli" was forestalled in Japan, "jinmailang", "sanpao" and other mainland famous trademarks were also forestalled in Hong Kong "Wuliangye" was registered in South Korea and Canada at the same time, "Tongrentang" was registered in Japan These trademarks, which have been registered overseas, have built invisible trade barriers for enterprises to go abroad In order to take back the trademarks, enterprises need to pay a lot of costs, including the time cost, human and material resources of litigation In response to such problems, the index report 2013 proposes to improve China's overseas intellectual property assistance system, for example, by enhancing enterprises' awareness of intellectual property rights, increasing government funding and policy support, improving the functions of overseas intellectual property assistance centers, and playing the positive role of industry associations Shanghai Intellectual Property Litigation report was released at the same time, which was jointly completed by China Intellectual Property Research Association and Gawain law firm for several months According to the data, in 2012, the number of civil first instance cases of intellectual property was 83850, an increase of 44.07% year on year Among them, 9680 new patent cases were collected, up 23.80% year-on-year; 19815 trademark cases, up 52.53% year-on-year; 53848 patent cases, up 53.04% year-on-year The national local courts concluded 2899 administrative cases of intellectual property rights in the first instance According to Lawyer Wang Zhengzhi, team leader and senior partner of Beijing Gaowen law firm, compared with China intellectual property index report 2012, the report deleted the "customs administrative law enforcement" index, replaced it with "administrative law enforcement service capacity", and expanded the essence of the "cultural environment" index