Recently, the website of the State Intellectual Property Office released the key points of the work of the State Intellectual Property Office in 2023:
3. Vigorously improve the quality and efficiency of intellectual property review.Research and improve the review standards for new fields and new businesses such as big data, artificial intelligence, and genetic technology. Continue to promote the supporting revision of the "Patent Examination Guidelines" and formulate the "Geographical Indication Product Recognition Examination Guidelines". Carry out pilot work on optimizing and adjusting the patent examination mechanism. The patent intelligent review system was launched online to achieve smooth switching between the old and new systems. Do a good job in reviewing utility models for obvious creativity and obvious differences in appearance designs. Carry out review of international design applications. Strengthen the standardized management of pre-trial business. Improve the patent and trademark review collaboration mechanism. Continue to severely crack down on abnormal patent applications, malicious registration of trademarks, and hoarding behaviors, and promptly transfer relevant case clues.
Key points of work of the State Intellectual Property Office in 2023
The overall thinking of the State Intellectual Property Office's work in 2023 is: adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", and continuously strengthen the "four establishments". awareness", strengthen the "four self-confidences", achieve "two safeguards", and fully implement the "Outline for Building a Powerful Country on Intellectual Property (2021-2035)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Outline") and the "14th Five-Year Plan" National Knowledge The task deployment of the Plan for the Protection and Utilization of Property Rights (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") adheres to the pursuit of stability and high-quality development, continues to promote high-level creation, high-standard protection, high-efficiency use, and high-quality services of intellectual property rights, and coordinates the promotion of intellectual property rights. International cooperation and competition in the field of intellectual property rights, striving to promote the construction of a powerful country in intellectual property rights to a new level, and providing strong support for the construction of a powerful modern socialist country.
1. Comprehensively and thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Studying, publicizing and implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is the primary political task at present and in the future. Cadres and workers in the overall situation must deeply understand the great significance of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the great changes of the past ten years in the new era, the new realm of the sinicization of Marxism and the mission and tasks of the Communist Party of China in the new era, and the two "eternal "On the road" requires comprehensive and strict governance of the party, effectively unify thoughts and actions with the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, ensure that intellectual property work always moves in the correct direction guided by the party, and unswervingly implement the development of intellectual property with Chinese characteristics the road. Carry out thematic education in a solid manner in accordance with the unified deployment of the Party Central Committee. Formulate and issue the "Action Plan of the Party Group of the State Intellectual Property Office of the Communist Party of China on In-depth Implementation of the "Hundreds and Thousands" Project of Theoretical Learning" and the "List of Responsibilities of the State Intellectual Property Office on Strengthening and Improving Ideological and Political Work in the New Era", and give full play to the Theoretical Learning Center of the Party Group of the Bureau Through systematic learning, special seminars, expert lectures, media publicity and other forms, we can promote the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to be incorporated into our minds and hearts and implemented.
2. Continuously strengthen party building and the construction of party style and clean government. Deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", take the "two safeguards" as the primary task of comprehensively and strictly governing the party, and resolutely implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on intellectual property work and the decisions of the Party Central Committee and the State Council deploy. Guide and promote grassroots party organizations to continuously deepen, comprehensively digest, and actively transform the theoretical arm, and effectively use the party's latest theoretical achievements to arm their minds, guide practice, and promote work. Continue to enhance the political and organizational functions of grassroots party organizations, promote the in-depth integration of party building and business, give full play to the role of the "four strong" party branches, and continuously enhance the cohesion and combat effectiveness of grassroots party organizations. Persistently promote the construction of party style and clean government. Strengthen the education, management and supervision of young cadres. Conduct disciplinary review in strict compliance with regulations, disciplines and laws, and carry out timely supervision of problem clues and case quality assessment. Continue to integrate inspections, audits, and disciplinary inspection and supervision, and improve the supervision and enforcement capabilities of disciplinary inspection organizations at all levels.
3. Vigorously improve the quality and efficiency of intellectual property review. Formulate annual goals and tasks for review work, benchmark high quality, grasp high standards, and promote review concept updates, technological innovations, and work innovations to achieve new results. Research and improve the review standards for new fields and new businesses such as big data, artificial intelligence, and genetic technology.Continue to promote the supporting revision of the "Patent Examination Guidelines" and formulate the "Geographical Indication Product Recognition Examination Guidelines". Carry out pilot work on optimizing and adjusting the patent examination mechanism. The patent intelligent review system was launched online to achieve smooth switching between the old and new systems. Strengthen the overall management of overall patent examination quality, and strengthen the quality assurance and business guidance of the patent examination department in the same field. Do a good job in reviewing utility models for obvious creativity and obvious differences in appearance designs. Carry out review of international design applications. Strengthen the standardized management of pre-trial business. Improve the patent and trademark review collaboration mechanism. Continue to severely crack down on abnormal patent applications, malicious registration of trademarks, and hoarding behaviors, and promptly transfer relevant case clues. Strictly review the identification of products protected by geographical indications and the registration review of geographical indications as collective trademarks and certification marks.
4. Continue to strengthen the construction of the intellectual property protection system. Promote the completion of the revision of the "Patent Law Implementing Rules". Promote a new round of revisions to the Trademark Law and its implementing regulations, do a good job in special legislation on geographical indications, and promote the revision of the "Registration and Management Measures for Collective Trademarks and Certification Trademarks". Continue to carry out basic legal research on intellectual property rights, strengthen research on key issues in integrated circuit layout design regulations, and continue to promote the establishment of data intellectual property protection rules. Promote the implementation of the "In-depth Implementation of the "Opinions on Strengthening the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights" Promotion Plan. Accelerate the formulation and introduction of implementation plans for the construction of an intellectual property protection system. Promote the construction of national intellectual property protection demonstration zones with high standards. Promote the continued inclusion of inspection and assessment of intellectual property protection work into the central supervision inspection and assessment plan. Promote the standardization of administrative adjudication, optimize the administrative adjudication work process of major patent infringement disputes, and deepen the demonstration work of administrative adjudication of patent infringement disputes. Strengthen guidance on patent and trademark law enforcement, improve infringement judgment standards, and improve the professional and technical support system for administrative protection. Promote the construction, layout and efficient operation of national intellectual property protection centers and rapid rights protection centers with high quality, strengthen the construction of mechanisms for rapid settlement of intellectual property disputes, and continue to improve the "national network" for intellectual property rights protection assistance. Publish and promote a number of excellent experiences, practices and typical cases in multi-dimensional mediation of intellectual property disputes .Continue to promote the implementation of intellectual property credit management regulations and do a good job in identifying and punishing dishonest entities. Promote the formulation and implementation of the national standard "Specifications for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Commodity Trading Markets" and create a number of new national-level standardized markets for intellectual property protection. Accelerate the construction of a unified recognition system for geographical indications, and ensure the smooth transition of policies on geographical indications of agricultural products. Organize and implement geographical indication protection projects and promote the construction of national geographical indication product protection demonstration zones. Continue to strengthen guidance on how to respond to overseas intellectual property disputes, and review the external transfer of intellectual property rights involving national security.
5. Actively promote the transformation and application of intellectual property rights. In-depth implementation of the special plan for patent conversion. Continue to carry out reforms to empower employees with scientific and technological achievements. Promote the smooth implementation of the patent open licensing system. Launch a pilot patent declaration system for financially funded scientific research projects. Develop guidelines for preventing intellectual property risks in venture capital investments. Deepen the work of intellectual property pledge financing to benefit enterprises entering the park and trademark pledge financing to help enterprises bail out, study and formulate policies related to intellectual property insurance, and publish the first batch of typical cases of intellectual property pledge and insurance. Promote the national standard "Patent Evaluation Guidelines". Deeply implement the patent navigation project to optimize and upgrade the service industry. Do a good job in supporting the research on key core technologies and serve the country's high-level scientific and technological self-reliance. Expand the coverage of patent product registration and carry out the identification of patent-intensive products. Promote the national standard "Enterprise Intellectual Property Compliance Management System Requirements" and the "Innovation Management Intellectual Property Management Guide" international standard, and continue to promote the pilot demonstration work of intellectual property rights in enterprises and universities. Implement the "Thousands of Enterprises and Hundreds of Cities" trademark and brand value enhancement action and promote the high-quality construction and standardized operation of trademark and brand guidance stations. Deepen the action of geographical indications to help rural revitalization, promote the launch of the "Geographical Indication Brand+" special plan, and create a geographical indication brand with superior quality and distinctive features.
6. Continue to improve the intellectual property service system. We will conscientiously implement the State Council’s business environment innovation pilot tasks and actively carry out the work related to intellectual property rights in the World Bank’s global business environment assessment. Comprehensively implement the guidelines for handling intellectual property government services, and promote the "online processing" and "handheld inquiry" of more government services. We will carry out in-depth "certificate reduction and convenience" services, compile a list of intellectual property certification matters, and expand the scope of sharing and application of electronic licenses and notification commitments. Deeply implement the inclusive intellectual property public service project, continue to improve the public service system, and improve the hierarchical and classified management mechanism. Build a number of special intellectual property databases. Establish a public service assistance mechanism in the central and western regions. Promote the construction of a standardized city for intellectual property public services, give full play to the public service functions of the Patent and Trademark Examination Collaboration Center, support patent agencies in expanding their business, and provide localized services. Improve the intellectual property data resource management mechanism and improve the resource directory. Expand the scope of pilot projects for sharing patent evaluation reports on e-commerce platforms.Accelerate the construction of a national intellectual property protection information platform and promote the establishment of a national intellectual property big data center and public service platform. Continue to hold patent search and analysis competitions to build a brand for improving public service capabilities. Accelerate the construction of the intellectual property service industry standard system and deepen the construction of intellectual property service industry cluster areas. Continue to increase the supervision and self-discipline of the intellectual property agency industry, and carry out in-depth special rectification actions.Implement the regulations on trademark agency supervision and management, do a good job in re-filing, and promote the implementation of credit evaluation management in the agency industry.Continue to carry out work style building activities and strengthen the professional capacity building of agency practitioners. Implement the opinions on high-quality development of the intellectual property service industry and implement actions to cultivate high-quality intellectual property service market entities.
7. Deeply participate in global intellectual property governance and foreign cooperation. We will successfully organize a series of activities celebrating the 50th anniversary of cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Participate in promoting my country's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the negotiation of the intellectual property chapter of the Free Trade Agreement, carry out consultations and exchanges on international rules in the field of emerging technologies, and do a good job in the review of intellectual property rights in the World Trade Organization (WTO) trade policy work, continue to strengthen the “Belt and Road” intellectual property cooperation, and consolidate and deepen the results of cooperation. Deeply involved in small multilateral cooperation between China, the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea, BRICS, China-ASEAN, China and Africa. Strengthen cooperation among the five offices of China, the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea, and jointly promote the improvement of intellectual property protection rules for new technologies, new business formats and new models. Deepen the strategic partnership with the European Patent Office and the European Union Intellectual Property Office, and promote the implementation of the China-EU Agreement on Geographical Indications. Strengthen coordination with Japan and South Korea in multilateral and bilateral fields. Increase efforts to cultivate international talents, strengthen the coordination of local foreign-related intellectual property work, and support research institutions, think tanks, and social groups to participate in international exchanges of intellectual property.
8. Strengthen the construction of cadre talent team and comprehensive service guarantee. We will further strengthen the overall planning for the construction of the cadre team, do a good job in the selection, appointment and promotion of cadres, vigorously cultivate and select outstanding young cadres, and optimize the structure of the leadership team and cadre team. Strengthen the planning and accuracy of cadre selection and training for temporary posts and practical training, and focus on cultivating cadres at the grassroots front line and at the forefront of scientific and technological research. Guide the establishment of senior intellectual property title review committees in places where conditions permit, and continue to carry out the overall review of intellectual property titles. Demonstrate the plan to establish a patent and trademark examiner system. Strengthen the overall management of the cadre and talent team of the Beijing-foreign Patent Examination Collaboration Center. Continue to provide rotational training for intellectual property administrative personnel. Accelerate the construction of new intellectual property think tanks, give full play to the role of the intellectual property expert advisory committee, and strengthen policy consultation and decision-making support. Actively carry out the construction of intellectual property professional degrees. Effectively enhance the leadership, organizational and service capabilities of the league organizations at all levels of the bureau, and unite and lead the young cadres to be pioneers and work hard. We should do a good job in intellectual property publicity, make effective use of emerging media, build a communication matrix, innovate the format of large-scale events such as National Intellectual Property Publicity Week and World Intellectual Property Day, improve the pattern of large-scale publicity work, and tell the story of China’s intellectual property rights. Strengthen government services and comprehensive support capabilities, coordinate the bureau's major work plans and tasks, and strengthen funding support for the bureau's party group's key work. Strengthen the overall management of global network security and informatization construction, improve the network information system management ledger, continue to promote the optimization and transformation of network systems by region, and build an overall unified network security monitoring platform. Do a good job in the reelection work of the research association and the agent association. Give full play to the role of bridge link between workers, young women and the united front, and do a good job in the work of veteran cadres with heart and soul. Continue to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control under the new situation.
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