Tian Lipu, Commissioner of SIPO is delivering an address

 

Jointly sponsored by the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China and the Patent and Trademark Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Sino-German Seminar on IPR was held in Beijing on May 15, 2007.  Tian Lipu, Commissioner of SIPO presided over the opening ceremony and also delivered an address.  Juergen Schade, Director-General of the German Patent and Trademark  Office and Anders Lundgren, an official of the German Embassy in China also delivered an speech in the opening ceremony respectively.

 

In his address, Tian pointed out that the "Chinese government has attached great importance to the IPR work and done a lot of effective work in terms of strengthening IPR innovation, management, application and protection.  At present, China is in the process of formulating the state intellectual property strategy, further perfecting the IPR laws such as the "Patent Law" and intensifying the law enforcement on cracking down IPR infringement and acts of passing off by adopting various measures.  Through concerted efforts, China has made obvious achievement in IPR work.  And IPR is playing an ever important role in promoting the nation's economic and social development".

 

Juergen Schade, Director-General of German Patent and Trademark Office is delivering an address

 

Venue of the seminar

 

German delegates participating in the seminar

 

In the seminar, both sides conducted extensive and thorough discussions on the IPR issues of mutual concern.  The experts concerned who came from the State Intellectual Property Office, the German Patent and Trademark Office, the Beida Founder Group Co. Ltd., and the No.2 Intermediate People's Court of Shanghai Municipality respectively made speeches on the relevant themes such as the protection for biologic technology invention, the patent administration of transnational corporations and the infringement actions in the industrial property area.

 

It was learned that the Sino-German friendship and cooperation relations on IPR has entered the 26th year and the said offices of the two countries have always maintained close and friendly exchanges and cooperation.  The German Patent and Trademark Office has rendered great support and help for the development of the patent undertaking in China.  In the recent ten years, along with the development of friendly relations between China and Germany in the political, economic, science and technology and cultural fields, Sino-German cooperation on IPR has become an important component of our cooperation, playing an active role in pushing forward the bilateral economic and trade relations as well as the interflow of science and technology and culture.  This seminar has not only reviewed the achievements of Sino-German cooperation on IPR, but also laid a solid ground for the further strengthening and deepening of cooperation between the two countries.

 

 

2007-05-23

2007-05-23