On July 3rd, 2008, WIPO published the World Patent Report 2008 in Geneva, saying that in 2006, the number of global patent applications reached 1.76 million, an increase of 4.9% over 2005. The growth of patent applications in China, South Korea and the United States has promoted the growth of global patent applications. According to the report, the increase in the number of global patent applications confirms the increasing internationalization of innovation activities. According to the report, in 2006, the number of Japanese patent applications was 5 14047, that of the United States was 3,90815, that of South Korea was172,709, that of Germany was130,806, and that of China was128,850. Due to the substantial increase in the number of patent applications in China, China's share in the total number of patent applications in the world has greatly increased. From 2000 to 2006, China's share increased from 1.8% to 7.3%. From 2005 to 2006, the total number of patent applications in China, South Korea and the United States increased by 32. 1%, 6.6% and 6.7% respectively.
Legislation of Intellectual Property Protection in China
In addition, great progress has been made in the legislation of intellectual property protection in China: the patent law. The Patent Law of China came into effect on April 1985. The patent system established according to law protects the patent right of invention and creation. Inventions include inventions, utility models and designs. Trademark law. The Trademark Law of China came into effect on March 1983. On February 22, 1993 was revised, which expanded the scope of trademark protection and added provisions on the registration and management of service trademarks in addition to commodity trademarks. In the formal review, the correction procedure was added, and in the substantive review, the review opinion system was established. Copyright law. China's copyright law came into effect on June 199 1. The first revision was in June, 20001year, and the second revision was on February 26th, 20001year. Regulations on the protection of computer software. On June 65438+ 10/day, 2002, the Regulations on the Protection of Computer Software came into effect. Protection system of new plant varieties. China's Regulations on the Protection of New Plant Varieties came into effect on June 1 997+1October1day. The General Principles of Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates six types of intellectual property rights, such as copyright, patent right, trademark right, right of discovery, right of invention and other scientific and technological achievements, and stipulates the civil law protection system of intellectual property rights. In the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the related contents of intellectual property crimes are also determined in Section 7, Article 8, thus determining the criminal law protection system of intellectual property rights in China. In addition, People's Republic of China (PRC) Patent Law, Trademark Law, Copyright Law, Invention Award Regulations and other separate laws and administrative regulations also stipulate relevant intellectual property rights.
China White Paper on Intellectual Property Protection1June 1994 16 China White Paper on Intellectual Property Protection was released.
The white paper is divided into three parts: 1. China's basic position and attitude in protecting intellectual property rights; Second, China has a high-level legal system to protect intellectual property rights; Third, China has a complete law enforcement system to protect intellectual property rights.
According to the white paper, China's sincere stance of abiding by international conventions and bilateral agreements on intellectual property protection and its ability to fully undertake international obligations have been widely praised and supported by international public opinion. At the end of the white paper, it is pointed out that there are always some people in the world who turn a blind eye to the development and changes in China, ignore the basic facts and make wild comments on the current situation of intellectual property protection in China. There is no need to argue this argument. Facts are the best answer.
20 15 12 14 "World Intellectual Property Indicators 20 15" was released, which expounded the latest development trend of global intellectual property activities in 20 14 years. According to the report, China ranks first in the world in the number of applications for intellectual property rights such as patents, trademarks and industrial designs, and has become the main driving force for the development of intellectual property rights in the world.
The report shows that global innovators submitted about 2.7 million patent applications in 20 14, an increase of 4.5% over 20 13. In 20 14 years, there were about1180,000 patents granted worldwide. At present, the total number of valid patents in the world is about10.2 million, of which the United States accounts for 24.7%, Japanese for 18.8% and China for1/0.7%.
Francis Gurry, Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, said at the press conference that "the number of patent applications in China in the past few years is unusual". According to the report, the number of patent applications in China in 20 14 was 928,200, ranking first in the world, surpassing the sum of the United States and Japan, which ranked second and third. Not only did the patent application department in China receive the largest number of patent applications, but also the number of patent applications submitted by citizens and enterprises in China was the largest in the world, reaching 837,000.
According to the report, the number of global trademark applications increased by 6% in 20 14 compared with 20 13. China also ranks first in the world in this field. In terms of industrial design, China still ranks first in the world, although the number of applications decreased by13 compared with 20 13.