A unified platform that integrates the management and enforcement of trademarks, patents and copyrights will be established at the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, said Lyu Guoqiang, director of the city's intellectual property administration, recently. He also said a diversified mechanism to deal with IP disputes will be formed in the zone. Currently, there are two IP legal systems coexisting in the zone - the international conventions that China has joined and the existing Chinese IP laws and regulations.

(Source: China Daily)