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Invention patent applications China’s IPR Protection in Numbers Invention patent ownership IP scene In the decade from 2008 to 2018, China’s By the end of 2018, the total number of owned invention patent applications skyrocketed invention patents was 1.602 million, which is from 290,000 to 1,542,000. 11.5 patents per 10,000 people. BEIJING (Unit:10,000) (Unit: patents per 10,000 people) Top scores for 2018 154.2 2018 11.5 gaming industry 2017 138.2 2017 9.8 China received 2016 133.9 2016 8.0 The animation and gaming sec- 2015 110.2 the world’s largest 2015 6.3 tor in Beijing generated 71 bil- numbers of applications 2014 92.8 2014 4.9 lion yuan ($10.58 billion) in out- for domestic patents 2013 82.5 2013 4.0 put value last year, up roughly 2012 65.3 (1.38 million), trademarks 2012 3.2 2011 52.6 (5.7 million categories) and 2011 2.4 13 percent from 2017, according 2010 39.1 industrial designs (1.46 to the city’s bureau of culture As of 2018, China’s top 10 provinces 2009 31.5 million) in 2017, according to a and tourism and the Beijing 2008 29.0 (autonomous regions, municipalities) in the report released by the World number of invention patents ownership per Animation and Game Industry Intellectual Property 10,000 people: Alliance. Local animation and Organization in gaming businesses generated Total number of valid registered Beijing December 2018. 111.2 18.25 billion yuan in exports in trademarks in China Shanghai 47.5 2018, a surge of 57 percent year- Jiangsu (excluding foreign registrations in China 26.5 Zhejiang on-year. As a key sector receiv- and via the Madrid system) 23.6 ing government financial sup- 22.3 From 2008 to 2018, the volume of China’s valid Tianjin 20.6 port, the animation and gaming registered trademarks (excluding foreign Shaanxi 10.3 industry in Beijing reaped registrations in China and via the Madrid system) Fujian grew constantly, and the number of trademarks 9.8 one-fourth of the best Chinese owned by the main body of the market per 10,000 Anhui 9.8 animation awards in 2018. Chongqing households reached 1,724 in 2018. 9.1 PEOPLE’S DAILY (Unit:10,000) In 2018, China’s top three provinces 2018 1804.9 (autonomous regions, municipalities) in 2017 1492 PCT international patent applications: 2016 1237.6 2015 1034.4 2014 839.2 2013 723.8 2012 640 Guangdong 25,300 2011 551 2010 460.3 2009 341.1 2008 268.8 Beijing 6,500 Jiangsu 5,500 International patent applications via Patent Cooperation Treaty Patent applications for the top 10 o†ces worldwide in 2017 In 2018, China’s top 10 domestic enterprises (excluding those in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan A visitor takes photos at an In 2018, the China National Intellectual Property China 1,381,594 regions) in the number of granted invention patents: international animation expo Administration received 55,000 PCT international US 606,956 in Beijing in August 2018. patent applications, of which 52,000 were from China. Technologies 3,369 Japan 318,479 WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY (Unit:10,000) Sinopec Group 2,849 Republic of Korea 204,775 Oppo 2,345 2018 55 State Grid 2,188 2017 51 EPO 166,585 TIANJIN BOE Technology 1,891 2016 45 Germany 67,712 Gree 1,807 Symbol of success 2015 30.5 India 46,582 Lenovo 1,807 2014 26 for free trade zone Russian Federation 36,883 Tencent 1,681 2013 23 ZTE 1,552 2012 20 Canada 35,022 The Tianjin Free Trade Zone CNPC 1,129 Australia 28,906 has been approved as a trade- Increasing Protection (Unit: 10,000) mark strategy demonstration area. Over the past few years, In 2018, about 77,000 cases of patent administrative the zone has pushed the city’s law enforcement were handled in China, including 7.7 6.6649 4.8196 3.5844 2.4479 1.6227 43,000 counterfeit patent cases and 31,000 illegal 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 trademark strategy to promote trademark cases worth 550 million yuan. the growth of the local econo- Number of patent administrative law enforcement my. Premier brands in the zone cases handled in China from 2008 to 2018 0.9022 0.3017 0.1823 0.1541 0.1805 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 are encouraged to play a lead- ing role by using the initiative. Sources: WIPO Statistics Database, CNIPA annual reports, China Intellectual Property News, chinadaily.com.cn MUKESH MOHANAN / CHINA DAILY The zone is now home to 11,000 trademarks, seven of which have been granted a “well- known trademark” status. ENORTH.COM.CN

Focus on optimal ways to boost protection SICHUAN Online hub to settle Attention zeroes in on safeguarding exponentially expanding intellectual property in the age of the internet IP disputes launched Sichuan’s first comprehensive online platform for handling By YUAN SHENGGAO protection, corporate responsibil- instructions offered by adminis- He suggested employing more intellectual property disputes ity, development of professional trators will increase companies’ new technologies in IP protection went online in mid-January. Political advisers to the Chinese pools and international coopera- awareness of trade secret pro- and promoting technical applica- The portal uses resources from government called for increased tion. The combining tection,” Zhou said, adding that tions and standards online. IP service institutions across protection of intellectual prop- Of them, Tao Kaiyuan, who also administrative enforcement is also Zhu Xinli from the national the province and offers one-stop erty, at a biweekly meeting of the serves as a vice-president of the of IP protection a key part of the efforts by the own- committee encouraged online plat- services to handle IP disputes, National Committee of the Chinese Supreme People’s Court, put an and international ers of rights to fight infringements. forms to establish an industrial its operators said. IP service People’s Political Consultative Con- emphasis on legislation. She sug- Research showed that roughly self-discipline mechanism and play providers enrolled on the web- ference in Beijing on Monday. gested creating special litigation common practice 42 percent of IP disputes in China a more active part in IP protection. site are from different institu- The meeting, chaired by top procedures specially for IP cases. with China’s has involved the internet over the Tao Kaiyuan called on internet tions and industries. political adviser Wang Yang, dis- “That will help to address com- governance system past three years, according to He businesses to make full use of their CHINA INTELLECTUAL cussed how to improve IP protec- mon (procedural) problems in dif- Zhimin, deputy commissioner of core competitiveness, leverage the PROPERTY NEWS tion in the era of the internet. ferent types of IP cases and tackle will ... provide the the China National Intellectual resources of government, industry Wang, a member of the Standing thorny issues closely related to the Chinese solution Property Administration. He is also and trade associations, and gain a Committee of the Political Bureau internet, such as jurisdiction, rules a member of the standing com- stronger foothold in international Copyright center for the global IP of the Communist Party of China of evidence, trial procedures and mittee. competition. opens for business Central Committee and chairman judicial methods,” said Tao from management Compared with judicial protec- Lyu Zhongmei, a member of of the CPPCC National Committee, the Standing Committee of the tion, administrative enforcement the standing committee, told the An international copyright noted the significance of learning CPPCC National Committee. system.’’ is more responsive, costs less and is meeting that because the internet trading center was launched at about the rules and characteristics If it comes into effect, the legisla- Lyu Zhongmei, a member of popular with small and microbusi- information industry was highly the Gansu Cultural Assets and of IP creation, protection and use tion can also facilitate rights own- the Standing Committee of nesses, he said. knowledge-intensive, IP protection Equity Exchange in Lanzhou in the cyber space. ers’ fights against infringements the National Committee of Pony Ma, chairman of internet was crucial to the sector’s survival earlier this month. The new He called for comprehensive and provide the legal grounds for the Chinese People’s Political giant Tencent and a deputy to the and growth. operation is a key step toward improvement of IP protection, to establishing and improving pro- Consultative Conference National People’s Congress, also “The combining of IP protec- the province’s goal of build- provide strong support for build- fessional judicial organizations, attended the meeting as an indus- tion and international common ing itself into an international ing China into an innovative coun- she added. try expert. practice with China’s governance IP center on the Silk Road, an try and promoting its high-quality Another member of the national She also called for government IP protection does not just system will advance the country’s ancient trading route that is growth. committee, Zhou Qunfei from the departments to play a bigger role involve the government, or one or integration into economic global- attracting attention through At the meeting, CPPCC members business sector, waved the flag for in helping companies manage and two companies. It requires the gen- ization and provide the Chinese China’s Belt and Road Initia- provided suggestions on IP protec- enacting a law concerning trade protect their trade secrets. eral consensus of the entire indus- solution for the global IP manage- tive. The Gansu Cultural Assets tion-related efforts such as legal secrets. “Training, lectures and on-site try, Ma said. ment system,” Lyu added. International Copyright Center will offer services including identification, assessment, storage, information release, trading and settlement for copy- Tunghsu’s research boosted in deal with UK innovation center righted works. PEOPLE’S DAILY

By YUAN SHENGGAO try is still in its infancy. The part- which dovetail with GEIC’s goal of Research Institute showed that by TIBET nership between the world’s top accelerating the industrialization of the end of 2017, approximately 61 Translators closing Tunghsu Optoelectronic, one of research institution focused on gra- 190+ graphene technologies and its needs percent of all graphene-related pat- in on final chapter China’s pioneers in the graphene phene engineering and the Chinese patent filings for proximity to the market, James ent filings worldwide were from industry, signed a membership leader in the sector will advance the Baker, CEO of Graphene@Manches- China, enabling the country to Researchers in the Tibet auton- agreement in Beijing on Thursday industrialization of related tech- from Tunghsu Optoelectronic ter, which includes GEIC and NGI, become the largest filer in the field, omous region last week said with the Graphene Engineering nologies. are related to graphene said at the signing ceremony. followed by the United States and that they had completed more Innovation Centre at the University GEIC, which officially opened in By January, Tunghsu Optoelec- South Korea. than 80 percent of a Chinese of Manchester. December 2018, focuses on multi- tronic had filed more than 190 pat- Yet most of the Chinese filings translation of The Epic of King The Beijing-headquartered com- faceted industry-led applications tronic can make full use of the state- ent applications related to graphene, were targeted at the domestic mar- Gesar. It is widely considered pany has thus become GEIC’s first to complement the UK National of-the-art facilities at the engineer- including 13 international filings via ket, according to a report on the the world’s longest composition. partner in China — and only the Graphene Institute’s international ing innovation center for its own the Patent Cooperation Treaty. Near- industry released by the China Eco- Twenty-five Chinese volumes of fourth worldwide — to gain tier-one research and expand the commer- research and development. ly 60 of the applications have been nomic Information Service. Despite the millennium-old epic have membership, according to the insti- cial impact of the new material. In addition, the company said it granted, according to the company. the growth in overseas patent appli- been completed. According to tute, which is based in the United Professors Andre Geim and has a seat on the GEIC Technology The company said that graphene cations by Chinese filers in recent the Tibetan Academy of Social Kingdom. GEIC has announced that Kostya Novoselov at the University Advisory Board. The status enables materials production, new energy years, the majority of them have Sciences, which leads the proj- it plans to limit its tier-one member- of Manchester won the Nobel Prize the company to be briefed on the materials, inks and coatings will be chosen the United States as their ect, 15 have been published. It is ship to 12. in physics in 2010 “for groundbreak- latest research from the innovation the focus of the cooperation between destination. aiming to publish 30 volumes. The collaboration has set a shin- ing experiments regarding the two- center, have opportunities to invest the two parties. Industrial experts suggested Chi- The epic, which was listed ing example for Sino-UK exchanges dimensional material graphene”, in its research projects and vote on Exploration in the frontier fields nese graphene businesses expand among world intangible cultur- between industry and academia, enabling the university to become a GEIC’s future developments. and incubation of new products with their patent portfolio and formu- al heritage in 2009, tells of how said Feng Weidong, vice-president pinnacle of world research into the The company’s graphene busi- technological prospects and mar- late an integral IP development plan an 11th-century Tibetan demi- of Tunghsu Optoelectronic. frontier material. ness development plan and techno- ket potential are also listed on their with diverse overseas destinations, god king conquered his enemies Wang Lipeng, chairman of the Granted the GEIC’s top-level logical innovation revolve around agenda. in a bid to gain a strong foothold in and helped the people. company, said the graphene indus- membership, Tunghsu Optoelec- graphene’s industrial applications, Data from the Jiangnan Graphene international competition. XINHUA NEWS AGENCY

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