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SIPC issued Opinions on the Implementation of Building A World-class Intellectual Property Court
[2019-04-11]

 

 

 

 

 

 

On April 11, 2019, Shanghai Intellectual Property Court (hereinafter referred to as “SIPC”) held a press conference to release the Opinions on the Implementation of Building A World-class Intellectual Property Court (2019-2021) (hereinafter referred to as the “Opinions”). SIPC President Chen Yajuan, Vice President Li Shulan, and Chen huizhen, full-time member of the Jury of SIPC, attended the press conference. Reporters from Shanghai branches of central news agencies such as Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily, China News Service, and People’s Court Daily, as well as those from local media such as Wenhui Daily, Xinmin Evening News, Shanghai TV Station, and Shanghai News Broadcast also attended the press conference.

According to the press conference, over the past four years since its establishment, SIPC has given full play to its leading role in protecting intellectual property rights by judicial means, comprehensively deepened judicial reform and preliminarily formed a development model of an intellectual property court which is peculiar to Shanghai and China. It has established a trial mechanism in line with the law of trials concerning intellectual property rights, and continuously improved its expertise; tried a number of major typical cases, sending a clear message that it encourages and protects innovation, enhancing its authority; set up an open, transparent, convenient and efficient judicial mechanism, enhancing its credibility; built a high-quality team of judges, implemented the judicial responsibility system, improving the judges’ ability to perform their duties; carried out international exchanges and cooperation, won a good reputation, promoting the influence of China’s intellectual property justice in the international community.

The Opinions state that SIPC shall follow Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the CPC, strive to catch up with the highest standards and level in the international community, keep improving the ability to try and innovate, give full play to its leading role in judicial protection of I ntellectual property rights, making the court one of the best places in China and the world to provide judicial protection of intellectual property rights.

According to the Opinions, focusing on the general goal of building the world’s first-class intellectual property court, SIPC strives to make itself in three years more professional, intelligent, international, authoritative, and influential. SIPC will become a court featuring professional and fair trial of intellectual property cases, innovative trial mechanism, intelligent application of justice, open judicial development and a group of excellent judges. All those are specified in 30 tasks. Efforts will be made to strengthen the implementation, and ensure that the tasks shall be carried out and the goal realized smoothly.

Chen Yajuan said at the press conference that SIPC will stick to the political, functional and work stance, be bold to take on the responsibility, live up to the mission of building the court into the world’s first-class court, and strive to be a pioneer of judicial reform and innovative development in the new era.

 

 

上海知识产权法院关于建设国际一流知识产权法院的实施意见.pdf

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