one-stop services offered for ipr protection
by li linxu
as part of its efforts to strengthen intellectual property rights (ipr) protection, china is leveraging the role of national ipr protection centers to provide one-stop services.
in 2022, china approved the construction of 10 national ipr protection centers and fast ipr service centers, responsible for offering fast and coordinated ipr protection focusing on industries such as advanced manufacturing, new materials, smart manufacturing and pharmaceuticals.
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to date, a total of 97 national ipr protection centers and fast ipr service centers have been set up in china. of particular note is that a large proportion of the newly approved centers are based in the central and western regions.
yangtze optical fibre and cable ltd. is one of the beneficiaries of this ipr initiative. the company has recently applied for and successfully been awarded three patents within one month.
in the past, the process usually took one to two years. the significant time saving has helped the company successfully land a contract worth 40 million rmb.
the markedly improved efficiency can be credited to china (wuhan) intellectual property protection center, which has provided a precise one-stop service for the company.
in recent years, china has rolled out a series of ipr protection policies and measures to beef up ipr protection, to better serve the country's high-quality development and spur innovation.
national ipr protection centers are important to achieve fast and coordinated protection of ipr, said an official from the china national intellectual property administration (cnipa), adding that these centers can provide integrated ipr protection services for both domestic and foreign market entities.
these ipr protection centers and fast ipr service centers vowed to treat domestic and foreign entities equally and offer the same standard ipr protection service, according to cnipa.
