“Although the campaign on combating IPR infringement and manufacturing and sales of counterfeit and inferior quality commodities concluded temporarily, fighting against infringement and IPR protection never ends” , according to Wang Qishan, the Chinese Vice Premier, when he delivered a speech in Beijing in November.
From October 2010 to June 2011, the special campaign had been carried out in different regions and at different levels across China against the IP infringement and counterfeit activities. Significant progress has been made in creating a more favorable market. However, cracking down on piracy and infringement is still a tough task and is considered to be a long, complicated and arduous task which requires long-term efforts.
Under this situation, Wang urged all relevant agencies to define recent tasks and assign responsibility to the right person. It is required that the special campaign should be a regular event and a long-term mechanism should be established to clearly list the tasks of different stages. Each region should, according to the specific issues arising in the region, set up the target and measures for settlement.
In addition, efforts should be made to revise relevant laws and regulations, enhance the public awareness for IP protection, strengthen the public supervision and publish major and typical cases and punish enterprises violating IPR, ensure use of legitimate software by governments at various levels, and make the website for achievement show of special campaign as a exchange platform of government, enterprises and public.
It is also noted that the Opinions on further Crackdown on IPR Infringement and Manufacture and Sale of counterfeit and inferior Products was discussed and it will serve as the basis for next stage campaign against the IP infringement.
