Afternoon of May 29, 2019, Luo Donghchuan, the Vice President of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) and the Head of SPC’s Intellectual Property (IP) Court, met with Renata Righetti, the President of International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (hereinafter referred to as AIPPI). Heather Lin, the Senior Parnter of NTD, who is also the Vice President of AIPPI China, attended this meeting and accompanied them to visit Beijing Internet Court and National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA).
Heather LIN (second on the left, first line) in the Supreme People’s Court
Heather LIN (first on the left) in the Internet Court in Beijing
Mr. Luo expressed a warm welcome to Righetti’s visit and introduced the general information of SPC’s IP Court. He said that the establishment of the IP Court was a major policy decision made with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, from the strategic perspective of building an intellectual property nation and a world technology power. As an important measure to deepen the judicial reform in an all-round way, the IP Court was of great and far-reaching significance. In light of the long-term cooperation and communication between China and AIPPI, Mr. Luo hoped that the two sides could further strengthen exchanges and cooperation to improve the IP systems. Righetti expressed her sincere thanks to such thoughtful arrangements as visiting the IP Court. She added that the IP Court would be beneficial to unify and stipulate the judgment criterion, to promote the modernization and development of the international IP systems, and she also expected more in-depth bilateral cooperation.
