On July 5, the Special Symposium on the Foreign-Related Case of Patent Dispute of China Environmental Project Tech Inc. (CEPT) in Wuhan is jointly held by Wuhan IP Institute and the Research Center of IPRs  of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (ZUEL). Fujian Provincial Higher People’s Court’s first instance judgment of the typical case of foreign-related patent dispute in China’s environmental protection field indicates CEPT has made an stage achievement in its foreign-related patent protection.

Experts say that as a core technology in environmental protection of Chinese enterprise, the patent technology of seawater desulfurization for coal-fired power plants is of great significance to energy saving and emission reduction, cutting desulfurization cost and improving production efficiency. Against the background that China has just promulgated the Compendium of China National IP Strategy, under the circumstance that China is constructing an innovative country, guided by the policies of constructing a resource-saving and environment friendly society and during the process that various industries are making active efforts to promote industrialization of related patents, it is of great significance to boost healthy development of the Chinese enterprises with independent IPRs.

Experts in IP sector such as Wu Handong, President of ZUEL, Li Shunde, Deputy Director of IP Center of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Tao Xinliang, Dean of Shanghai University IP School, related heads from Wuhan Municipal Government, Wuhan Municipal IP Administration, Wuhan Economic Committee and Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Finance and heads of some enterprises in Wuhan participate in the symposium.