Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court and Nanjing Jiangbei New Area Administrative held on Monday a publicity campaign on the theme of intellectual property protection to strengthen the protection of the entire chain of intellectual property rights.
The Nanjing Court released the Blue Book of Intellectual Property Judicial Protection in 2020. The Blue Book shows that in 2020, Nanjing Court accepted 5,827 intellectual property cases of various types and concluded 5579 cases.
The Huawei versus Conversant case on standard-essential patent dispute was selected as one of the top ten intellectual property cases in 2020 by the Supreme People's Court.
Liu Fanghui, Deputy Chief of Nanjing Intellectual Property Court.This case is a process of manifesting judicial sovereignty and the principle of international comity. At the end of 2020 Huawei has reached a global license with Conversant on the corresponding standard-essential patents safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of Huawei.
The Jiangbei New Area Court initiated the circuit trial branches for intellectual property cases in Luhe, Gulou and Pukou.
11 companies in the Nanjing Jiangbei New Area signed a memorandum of cooperation on the protection of the entire chain of intellectual property rights.
China's first corporate trade secret notarization online protection platform was also officially launched, building a "full chain" protection system for intellectual property rights.
Liu Qingning, Director of Nanjing Notary Office. The certification materials issued by the notary office are valid as legal evidence and can be provided to the court arbitration department or used for the mediation department.
Relying on the blockchain anti-tampering technology the trade secret agreements and meeting minutes between small and medium-sized enterprises and employees can be stored on this platform and used as free products for enterprises.
