Fighting the epidemic with one heart

News from Xinmin Evening News (Reporter Guo Jianfeng) On April 25th, on the occasion of the 22nd World Intellectual Property Day, the 2022 Shanghai Knowledge with the theme of “fighting the epidemic and overcoming difficulties together to start a new journey of building a strong intellectual property country”. The main venue activities of the property rights publicity week will be held in the form of video conferences and will be broadcast live online simultaneously. Rui Wenbiao, convener of the Shanghai Intellectual Property Joint Conference and director of the Municipal Intellectual Property Office, attended the event and delivered a speech. Yu Chen, Deputy Director of the Municipal Intellectual Property Office, attended the event, and Yang Hui, Director of the Office of the Municipal Intellectual Property Joint Conference and Deputy Director of the Municipal Intellectual Property Office, presided over the event.

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Rui Wenbiao pointed out that in the face of the still severe and complicated epidemic situation in Shanghai, the member units of the municipal and district intellectual property joint conferences, the vast number of party members and cadres in the intellectual property office system, and a large number of intellectual property service agencies took the initiative to ask Ying and rushed to the front line of the fight against the epidemic. Actively participated in the epidemic prevention and control work, solved a large number of urgent problems for the masses, and demonstrated the responsibility and initiative of Shanghai intellectual property people. At the same time, all districts and units adhered to the “two-handed approach” of epidemic prevention and control and business work, and organized a number of innovative and colorful intellectual property publicity activities, creating a good atmosphere for intellectual property protection.

According to reports, the theme of this year’s World Intellectual Property Day is: Intellectual Property and Youth: Innovate and Build the Future. In 2021, the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 population in Shanghai will reach 34.2; the number of authorized patents is 179,300, a year-on-year increase of 28.29%, of which the number of invention patents is 32,900, a year-on-year increase of 35.74%. The number of new trademark registrations was 421,000, an increase of 36.95%; the number of valid trademark registrations in Shanghai reached 2,117,100, a year-on-year increase of 21.86%, with an average of 1 registered trademark for every 1.51 market players. The number of copyright registrations for works in Shanghai was 345,600, a year-on-year increase of 8.4%. Shanghai took the lead in publishing the Outline of Building a Strong Intellectual Property City and the 14th Five-Year Plan in the country. The vitality of social creativity and innovation has been enhanced, and the level of intellectual property management and services has been improved. In particular, intellectual property protection is among the best in the assessment of the national bureau.

Regarding the next step, Rui Wenbiao emphasized that first, we must go all out to ensure a decisive victory in epidemic prevention and control. The majority of party members and cadres in the intellectual property office system must resolutely implement the unified deployment of the municipal party committee and the municipal government, take the initiative to show their identities, see actions, and charge on the front line. , The battle is at the forefront, and we fully support winning the tough battle of epidemic prevention and control. It is necessary to effectively help enterprises to promote development, implement policies and measures related to epidemic prevention, such as priority examination of patents and trademarks, support for high-value patent identification, intellectual property pledge financing, and intellectual property services for small, medium and micro enterprises, and help enterprises in difficulty recover development. The second is to severely crack down on the infringement of intellectual property rights related to the epidemic. In response to the production and sale of counterfeit and shoddy products, “copycat brands” and other intellectual property infringements in epidemic prevention items, guaranteed supply materials and market operations, relevant intellectual property departments at all levels must follow the “performance Due to the general requirements of due diligence and each party’s compliance”, the law enforcement and protection work of intellectual property rights has been carried out quickly, a high-pressure situation has been formed to crack down on intellectual property violations and crimes, and a favorable environment for intellectual property protection has been created. The third is to ensure that the outline and key tasks of the plan are implemented. All departments should promote the implementation of more leading and innovative reform measures and implement stricter intellectual property protection in combination with the Outline of Building a Strong Intellectual Property City issued by the Municipal Intellectual Property Joint Conference Office and the implementation and promotion plan of the “14th Five-Year Plan”. Promote more effective use of intellectual property rights, and accelerate the development of Shanghai into an international intellectual property protection highland with a complete system, a sound system and a superior environment and a hot spot for the realization of global knowledge value.

Deputy Director Yu Chen interpreted the “Several Intellectual Property Work Measures to Fight the Epidemic and Help Enterprises Promote Development” issued by the Shanghai Intellectual Property Office. Deputy Director Yang Hui reported the ten typical cases of intellectual property protection in Shanghai in 2021 and the ten typical cases of intellectual property reform and innovation in Shanghai in 2021.

At the event, 11 Internet companies including Pinduoduo, Bilibili, Ctrip Group, Yuewen, Gome, Xiaohongshu, Dingdong Maicai, Ele.me, Mihayou, Douyin, and Qimao were selected as innovative development partners. The new force and the promoter of high-quality development jointly initiated the need to respect knowledge, advocate innovation, be honest and law-abiding, and compete fairly, actively create an e-commerce environment where rights holders, innovators, investors and consumers can rest assured, and work together to build strong intellectual property rights. City joint initiative.

More than 1,000 people watched online from the member units of the Shanghai Municipal and District Intellectual Property Joint Conferences, the Municipal Intellectual Property Office System, the Municipal Intellectual Property Service Industry Association, the Municipal Intellectual Property Research Association, service agencies, and related enterprises, universities, and parks. Live event.