DAILY Thursday, September 19, 2019 IP | 17 Rising patent filings show a sign of faith IP Scene BEIJING Cultural exhibition Stronger legislation promotes exchanges The China Cultural Intellectual combined with tough Property and Innovative Design response to breaches China attaches great Exhibition, running from Sept 12 offers assurance to importance to IP to 15 at the National Agricultural Exhibition Center, served as a overseas businesses protection, not only platform for cultural companies for creating a friendly to release their latest products, environment for exchange creative ideas and BEIJING — China has been fos- cooperate in creation, distribu- tering strict protection of intellec- opening-up, but more tion, design, production and tual property by law, leading to a importantly, for its commercialization, organizers growing number of foreign patent said. applications, said an official from own development.” IPRCHN.COM the National Intellectual Property Gan Shaoning, deputy head of Administration. the National Intellectual SHANXI From January to July, foreign Property Administration Regulation rolled out applicants filed 92,000 invention to relieve pressure patent applications in China, a year-on-year growth of 8.3 per- The Shanxi government recently cent. 92,000 rolled out a new regulation on Also, 149,000 trademark regis- applications government financial aid for pat- tration applications were filed, up ent-collateralized loans, aimed at 13.1 percent compared with the for invention patents filed by helping local tech companies same period last year, said Gan foreign applicants with the relieve financing pressure. National Intellectual Property Shaoning, deputy head of NIPA. According to the regulation, a Administration in the first special fund established by the In conversing with a group of seven months of this year foreign journalists, Gan attribut- provincial government will be ed the rises to the application of used to cover loan interest, as measures designed to strengthen were registered in China in the well as other fees for insurance, IP protection in the country. first half of this year. They collec- guarantees and assessment. These measures included amend- tively involved 478.33 billion yuan Applicants for the fund, if they ing laws and regulations, acceler- A visitor learns about well-known overseas trademarks at an intellectual property protection section in ($67.49 billion) in combined paid- can meet the requirements, will ating the construction of a an exhibition in Chongqing. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY in foreign capital. be funded up to 200,000 yuan national IP credit system and car- Of the amount, which increased ($28,210). rying out joint punishment on dis- by 7.2 percent year-on-year, 28.8 IPRCHN.COM honest behaviors. Information Office of the State put forward the idea of innova- ness 2019 report released by the percent went to the high-tech Last week, the foreign journal- Council to show the country’s tion-driven development,” he said. World Bank. industry. SHANGHAI ists visited NIPA’s Patent Exami- business- and innovation-friendly “Without strict IP protection, The 2019 Member Survey by the Pilot free trade zones and Punitive damages nation Cooperation (Beijing) climate to foreign journalists. there will be no innovation and no US-China Business Council shows regions in western China have ordered in legal case Center. After a tour of exhibitions, “China attaches great impor- economic and social develop- that 58 percent of US enterprises become popular investment desti- they learned about the history and tance to IP protection, not only ment.” share the view that China has nations. Foreign capital flowing The Shanghai Pudong New Dis- development of China’s modern for creating a friendly environ- China’s advances in IP protec- enhanced its IP protection in into the zones and western trict People’s Court ruled in a patent system. They also watched ment for opening-up, but more tion have been widely recognized. 2018. This marks a record high regions jumped 20.1 and 21.2 per- trademark case in early Septem- a demo on the process of a patent importantly, for its own develop- The country’s global ranking of since the survey started in 2011. cent year-on-year during the six- ber, ordering the defendant, a fit- application of a robotic arm for ment,” said Gan in response to a the business environment rose to Data from the Ministry of Com- month period, respectively. ness equipment manufacturer surgery. question by a Russian journalist. 46th place in 2018 from 78th in merce show that more than 20,130 headquartered in neighboring The event was organized by the “The Chinese government has 2017, according to the Doing Busi- new foreign-funded companies XINHUA-CHINA DAILY Zhejiang province, to pay puni- tive damages, or three times the US plaintiff’s losses worth 1 mil- lion yuan ($141,070). It is the first Ancient handicrafts given court ruling adopting punitive damage in Shanghai, since the prevention mechanism was 21st century makeover at introduced to the revised Trade- mark Law in 2013. Considering the defendant’s repeated New York Fashion Week infringements, diverse distribu- tion channels and refusal to sub- mit sales records to the court, the NEW YORK — Shanghai-based judges found its infringement Orient International (Holding) 70,000+ “malicious” and “serious” and aims to connect the cultures of women thus granted the damages ruling. China’s 56 ethnic groups with the CNIPR.COM world’s leading fashion designers involved in embroidery in the through an initiative to aid the Chuxiong Yi autonomous HUNAN development of China’s fashion prefecture in Yunnan province Computer congress industry and cultural heritage, reveals innovations said a senior company executive. bination of ethnic heritage and The initiative, known as Top 100 fashion design would have huge The World Computer Congress Global Designers Alliance, aims to market potential. held in Changsha, capital of Hun- inspire the world’s leading fashion “The trends of fashion will have an province, earlier this month designers with China’s traditional to integrate the East and the West showcased the latest innovations culture from 56 ethnic groups, Tong and be extracted from the culture. in the industry. Experts from Chi- Jisheng, chairman of the company, These are the pursuit of modern A farmer picks tea leaves in a field in Meitan, province. LIU XU / XINHUA na and abroad shared their said in an interview with Xinhua on consumers,” he said. insights into a variety of topics, the sidelines of the New York Fash- The cooperation was also part of including the future and comput- ion Week earlier this month. the efforts to improve life stan- ers, 5G and cybersecurity, at a “The alliance will work as a plat- dards of residents in the Chuxiong main forum as well as nine form for international designers Yi autonomous prefecture in Geographical indications help themed forums. China’s comput- who have excellent design skills Southwest China’s Yunnan prov- er sector generated 1.95 trillion but limited commercial access to ince. In Chuxiong, more than yuan ($275.11 billion) in business the Chinese market,” Tong said. 70,000 women are involved in revenue in 2018, an increase of to lift rural residents’ incomes 8.7 percent from a year earlier, As a trial, the alliance cooperat- embroidery. The industry is worth ed with Wang Tao, a noted Chinese more than 100 million yuan ($14.11 ranking the country first globally, designer as well as a regular at the million), according to Xu Xiaomei, according to the Ministry of NYFW, to transform China’s intan- head of the prefecture’s publicity By ZHANG DANDAN households shrugging off poverty. Industry and Information Tech- gible cultural heritage Yi embroi- department. [email protected] A similar story happened in Guiz- nology. dery into urban fashion for the Xu said Yi embroidery’s appear- By taking advantage hou’s , where farmers PEOPLE’S DAILY catwalk. ance at the NYFW successfully Geographical indication, an have been planting kiwi fruit for In the spring/summer 2020 col- promoted intangible cultural heri- important element of some intellec- of GI … we can more than 30 years. But due to the SHAANXI lection of Taoray Taoray, the youth tage on the world stage. tual properties, is closely bound with promote the healthy lack of brands and quality control, GI to be highlighted line of designer Taoray Wang, Yi As more people learn to appreci- issues relating to agriculture, rural the county’s kiwis were priced low. at agricultural expo embroidery and bright colors were ate the aesthetic of the technique, areas and rural people, and is play- development of local The county successfully registered incorporated in daily wear such as the industry will grow at a faster ing an increasingly important role in industries and help a GI trademark for its kiwi fruit in An agricultural expo is scheduled camisoles, T-shirts, hoodies and pace and Chuxiong’s female targeted poverty alleviation. 2009. To date, 64 farmers, compa- for October at the Yangling Agri- denim jackets. embroiders can live a more decent GI identifies a product’s origin, impoverished areas…” nies and cooperatives have been cultural High-tech Industrial “Most of the people buy Yi life, she said. quality and reputation. It is deter- approved to use the GI trademark. Demonstration Zone in Shaanxi Wang Dongfeng, an official province. As a co-host of the embroidery as souvenirs. We want “How do we help the female mined by the natural and human from the IP utilization “We had to walk 1 kilometer, carry- to break the stereotype that tradi- embroiders in Chuxiong to live a factors of the place of production, promotion department at the ing the kiwi, and then take a bus to event, the National Intellectual tional embroidery cannot be fash- more decent life? We should trans- with the product’s quality having a National Intellectual Property the county to sell before. The price Property Administration said it ionable,” said Wang on the form their embroidery works into close connection with the geograph- Administration was just 1 to 2 yuan per 500 grams. will bring a group of influential sidelines of her runway show. “I merchandise and put them on the ical environment such as water, soil But now, the price has increased to farm products carrying regis- think fashion is the best way to market,” Tong said. and climate. farmers from the potato industry more than 6 yuan per 500 grams,” tered geographical indications to introduce culture.” In terms of promoting the image exceeds 1,600 yuan ($230), account- local villager Li Xuemei said. the expo, hoping to increase GI Tong said he believes that a com- XINHUA of local specialties and increasing ing for more than 22 percent of the As of the end of 2018, there were awareness and spur growth of the added value of agricultural prod- per capita net income of all the farm- 111.33 million sq m of kiwi fruit local economy. ucts, GI plays an irreplaceable role, ers in the county. orchards in Xiuwen county, which CHINA INTELLECTUAL which has been proven in Guizhou in , Guizhou had created 52,000 jobs for local peo- PROPERTY NEWS province in Southwest China. province has tea plantations cover- ple and increased per capita annual Guizhou has had an array of suc- ing 400 million square meters. income by more than 8,000 yuan. GUANGDONG cessful examples of using GI to The county has received two GI Through scientific management, Invention event to develop its agricultural economy. trademarks for its tea brands — ecological cultivation and order- Weining county of city in the “Meitan Cuiya” and “Zunyi Hong” — based sales, the county’s kiwis are in bring tech to table province has been able to industrial- in the past 10 years. line with the export standards of the A national invention expo is slat- ize its potato plantations since it After years of protection and pub- European Union, and have been ed to open in November in Fos- received approval for the registra- licity of the two GIs, the county has exported to Russia, Japan and han, aimed at advancing a tion of the GI trademark of “Weining been able to grow its tea industry, Southeast Asia, local officials said. national innovation-driven devel- potato” in 2009. and has helped lift local tea farmers “By taking advantage of GI and opment strategy, organizers said. Scaled-up plantations, standard- out of poverty. telling the stories of Guizhou, we Highlights of the event will ized production, refined processing Meitan is a key county for poverty can promote the healthy develop- include a competition focusing and branded marketing have helped alleviation, with 43,689 people in ment of local industries and help on technological innovations to develop the county into one of the 12,961 households living below the impoverished areas in the province from Brazil, Russia, India, China main potato producing areas in poverty line. get rid of poverty as soon as possi- and South Africa, a contest focus- southern China. However, as of September 2018, ble,” said Wang Dongfeng, an official ing on the civil use of original A model displays a new fashion design incorporating Yi ethnic Weining has more than 1.27 billion Meitan has been removed from from the IP utilization promotion military inventions and road- embroideries during the New York Fashion Week earlier this square meters of potato plantations. the list of poverty-stricken coun- department at the National Intellec- shows for tech projects. month. QIN LANG / XINHUA The per capita net income of local ties, with 35,777 people in 9,913 tual Property Administration. CNIPR.COM

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