Recently the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) announced that the China Patent Week of 2012 will simultaneously be held from November 29 to December 5 in different places across the country.
According to the SIPO, the goal of the patent week is to show how the patent system promote the national economic development, cultivate industrial independent IP, promote the construction of national innovative system. It is also to help to improve the patent awareness of the whole society and create a sound social atmosphere for invention and creation as well as the protection of intellectual achievements. During the patent week, the special campaign against IP violation and the manufacture and distribution of counterfeit and inferior goods will be launched across the nation. Besides, enforcement activities will also be organized in some provinces.
The patent week this year will concentrate on the development of strategic emerging industries, enterprise IP management standardization and high-end use of patent information to promote the transformation and upgrading of enterprises and industries.
