IP Joint Conference Office Announced Plan 2020, which will Enhance Protections for IP including Technology-related IP such as Patents from Multiple Aspects

• Citation: jd0048
• Date: 15 June 2020
• Published date: 15/06/2020
• Subject Matter: Intellectual Property

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CHINA LAW INSIGHT

IP Joint Conference Office Announced Plan 2020,

which will Enhance Protections for IP including

Technology-related IP such as Patents from

Multiple Aspects

By King & Wood Mallesons on June 15, 2020

By Xu Jing King and Wood Mallesons’ IP group

On May 13, the Inter-Ministry Joint Conference Office of State Council of China for

Implementing IP Strategy announced the Proceeding Plan of 2020 for Deeply

Implementing the National IP Strategy and Accelerating to Build an IP Powerful Country

(“the Plan 2020”), revealing reformation arrangements relating to IP for the year of 2020

on multiple aspects, including to deepen reformations in the fields relating to IP and to

enhance protections for IP. The Plan 2020 includes the following aspects, which is closely

related to technology-related IP including patents and technical secrets.

Regarding legislations, the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) and

the China Intellectual Property Administration (“CNIPA”) will focus on amendments

for the Patent Law, the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law and Guidelines

for Patent Examination. The Supreme People’s Court (“SPC”), the Supreme People’s

Procuratorate (“SPP”) and the Ministry of Public Security (“MPS”) will proceed with

drafting of judicial interpretations for IP civil and criminal cases, including those on

disputes relating to patents and trade secrets.