Great progress has been made in the protection of intellectual property rights, and 300 million pirated copies have been collected in 10 years

The white paper cited a large number of data and facts and elaborated on the new progress of intellectual property protection in China from nine aspects: basic conditions of intellectual property protection, patent protection, trademark protection, copyright protection, intellectual property protection of audio and video products, protection of new plant varieties, and knowledge Customs protection of property rights, public security organs crack down on infringement of intellectual property rights, and judicial protection of intellectual property rights.

The white paper concludes by saying that the Chinese government will continue to conscientiously perform its own international obligations for the protection of intellectual property rights. With a more active and open attitude, it will strengthen cooperation with countries and international organizations around the world and jointly promote a sound system for the establishment of intellectual property protection worldwide. surroundings.

Figures and facts

● Patent protection

As of the end of 2004, the total amount of patents authorized by the State Intellectual Property Office was 1,255,499, and domestic and foreign patents accounted for 87.1% and 12.9% of the total.

● Trademark protection

By the end of 2004, the cumulative total of registered trademarks in China had reached 2.24 million.

In 2004, the industrial and commercial administrative authorities at all levels across the country investigated and dealt with 51,851 cases of trademark violations and confiscated and destroyed 5638.53 tons of infringing goods.

●Copyright protection

According to incomplete statistics, from 1995 to 2004, the copyright administrative departments at all levels confiscated 350 million pirated copies of infringing copies.

● Intellectual property protection of audio and video products

In 2004, the inspection and administration department of the national cultural market inspected 555,368 audio-visual business units, and investigated and paid 154 million illegal copies of audio-visual products.

● Protection of new plant varieties

The Chinese government has formulated and implemented a series of institutional measures for the protection of new varieties of plants based on national conditions and fully guaranteed the legitimate rights and interests of investment entities. As of the end of 2004, there were 863 cases of infringement and counterfeiting of new varieties of agricultural plants in 17 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) throughout the country.

● Customs protection of intellectual property rights

From 1996 to 2004, a total of 4,361 import and export infringement cases of various types were seized by the national customs, with a case value of 630 million yuan. After 2000, the cases seized by the customs every year increased by about 30%.

● Public security organs crack down on infringement of intellectual property

From 2000 to 2004, public security agencies nationwide cracked 5,305 cases of criminal infringement of intellectual property rights. The total amount involved was nearly 2.2 billion yuan, and 7,100 criminal suspects were captured.

● Intellectual property protection

From 2000 to 2004, procuratorial organs at various levels approved the arrest of 2,533 criminal suspects for infringement of intellectual property rights and filed 2,566 public prosecutions.

From 1998 to 2004, the national courts concluded a total of 38,228 IPR civil first-instance cases, concluded 2,057 first-instance IPR criminal cases, and sentenced 2,375 criminals.