13 June 2008

China releases National IP Strategy

Peter Ollier, Hong Kong

China’s State Council on Tuesday approved a long-awaited National IP Strategy that commits the government to consider developing specialized IP courts

Section 4 of the Strategy deals with IP enforcement. According to a preliminary translation provided by Baker & McKenzie, paragraph 45 states that the government should “explore the possibility of establishing specialized IP courts to deal with IP-related civil, administrative and criminal cases".

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