BIZCHINA / Patent
Progress in safeguarding rights
By Jiang Wei (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-04-25 10:03
Chinese enterprises have made remarkable progress in intellectual
property right (IPR) protection in the past two decades, according to
senior Chinese officials.
Chinese companies have not only increased their IPR protection awareness
but have also increased their investment in research and development,
Huang Shuhe, deputy director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and
Administration Commission, said yesterday at the China High-level Forum
on Intellectual Property Rights Protection 2007.
"Enterprises' creative capability was highly boosted, spawning
innovations," he said.
According to government statistics, the number of self-owned IPRs of
Chinese enterprises has been rising fast in the past years.
From 2003 to 2006, the number of patents that 157 enterprises under the
direct supervision of the central government applied for and got
increased by over 35 percent annually. These enterprises were also
granted a number of State rewards last year for their achievements in
innovation.
"Besides, a number of enterprises have established a complete mechanism
on IPR management and set up special departments to deal with IPR
protection," he said.
But Chinese companies are still lagging behind some foreign players when
it comes to IPR protection.
Huang said Chinese enterprises are still weak in IPRs, which reflect
their core competence.
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