Official blames ‘labeling’ by foreigners for China’s IPR image problem

By Xinhua – Global Times Source:Global Times Published: 2013-4-26 0:03:01

 

Some 636,000 pirated publications wait to be destroyed in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province on Thursday, one day ahead of the World Intellectual Property Day. Photo: CFP
Some 636,000 pirated publications wait to be destroyed in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province on Thursday, one day ahead of the World Intellectual Property Day. Photo: CFP

 

Tian Lipu, director of the State Intellectual Property Office, claimed Thursday that foreign media accusations of China's weak protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) were groundless "labeling."

"If they had based their comments on the facts, they may have changed their views," Tian said at a press conference, adding that it is a paradox that at a time when China is being blamed for its poor IPR protection efforts, it still remains attractive to many foreign enterprises and investors.

"China has been receiving a large number of patent and trademark registration applications from foreign enterprises, and to my knowledge, the growth rate of foreigners' new patent applications in China is much higher than the international average," Tian said.

"Moreover, China has been a considerable source of foreign companies' profits in the forms of patent, trademark and copyright royalties, a fact that was largely neglected in media reports," the official added.

In 2012, Tian said, more than 17,200 cases of suspected criminal IPR violations were transferred from police to prosecutors in China and trials took place in 12,794 cases.

Police also closed 44,000 cases related to counterfeit goods last year, he said.

Moreover, copyright authorities have investigated and handled 282 cases related to online piracy and IPR violations and shut down 129 implicated websites, Tian said, adding that IPR-related problems in China are not the most serious in the world, and IPR protection requires that all countries be more cooperative and less querulous.

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