Commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office recently announced at a WIPO regional seminar that by the year 2020, China will develop into a country with higher level use of IPR.
The year 2010 is the 25th anniversary when China joined Paris Convention on the Protection of Industrial Property and the 30th anniversary for China being the member of WIPO. For the past 30 years, China has achieved notable achievements in IPR development. The implementation of the national IPR strategy outline further provide incentive for national innovation.
As a result of the implementation of the national IPR strategy, both eh patent and trademark applications continued to grow in the year 2009. The trademark applications maintained the top position in the world for the 8th consecutive year.
