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2023年廣東省知識產權保護狀況

2023年，廣東堅持以習近平新時代中國特色社會主義思想為指導，認真學習貫徹落實黨的二十大和二十屆二中全會精神，深入貫徹落實習近平總書記關于全面加強知識產權保護工作的重要指示精神和視察廣東重要講話、重要指示精神，全面落實省委“1310”具體部署，按照省政府工作要求，大力實施《知識產權強國建設綱要（2021—2035年）》《關于強化知識產權保護的意見》和《“十四五”國家知識產權保護和運用規(guī)劃》，統(tǒng)籌推進知識產權戰(zhàn)略實施工作，加強知識產權法治保障，完善知識產權全鏈條保護機制，加快推進知識產權強國先行示范省和國際一流灣區(qū)知識產權強省建設。

一、高位統(tǒng)籌推進知識產權保護工作

加強統(tǒng)籌謀劃。廣東省委、省政府高度重視知識產權保護工作，黃坤明書記在省委常委會會議上明確要求從全局和戰(zhàn)略的高度深化認識，堅持以建設知識產權強國先行示范省為牽引，全面加強知識產權保護工作，為貫徹新發(fā)展理念、構建新發(fā)展格局、推動高質量發(fā)展提供有力保障。省政府召開常務會議研究部署知識產權工作，會同國家知識產權局召開共建國際一流灣區(qū)知識產權強省推進大會和建設國家知識產權保護示范區(qū)動員部署會議。召開中新廣州知識城綜合改革工作會議，省政府與國家知識產權局聯(lián)合印發(fā)《中新廣州知識城深化知識產權運用和保護綜合改革試驗實施方案（2023—2027年）》，推動構建國際一流的知識產權生態(tài)示范系統(tǒng)。

強化法治保障。建立健全以知識產權綜合立法為統(tǒng)領，以專利、版權、地理標志、技術秘密等單行立法為支撐的地方性法規(guī)體系。制定印發(fā)《廣東省知識產權保護條例（釋義）》《廣東省地理標志條例（釋義）》，組織出版《〈廣東省版權條例〉導讀與釋義》，推動知識產權地方性法規(guī)落地見效。省司法廳印發(fā)《2023年普法工作計劃和普法責任清單》，聯(lián)合省政府立法基層聯(lián)系點開展立法宣講銜接普法工作。省法院制定發(fā)布全國首例涉數據司法政策性文件《關于強化數據要素知識產權司法保護服務數字經濟高質量發(fā)展的意見》。

加強典型示范。省市場監(jiān)管局（知識產權局）與廣州、深圳等10個市共建綜合型知識產權強市，與河源、梅州、湛江市共建特色型知識產權強市，在知識產權強市推動建設一批知識產權強縣。全省累計獲批10個國家知識產權強國建設試點示范城市、21個強縣建設試點示范縣、8個強國建設試點示范園區(qū)。廣州、深圳市入選首批國家知識產權保護示范區(qū)建設、全國首批知識產權公共服務標準化建設試點城市。廣東省和深圳市首批進入國家知識產權局數據知識產權地方試點名單并通過驗收。全省建設4個全國商業(yè)秘密保護創(chuàng)新試點地區(qū)、16個“黃金內灣商業(yè)秘密保護創(chuàng)新工程”先行區(qū)，1個涉外商業(yè)秘密保護基地。深圳前海智慧版權創(chuàng)新發(fā)展研究院通過國家版權局“區(qū)塊鏈+版權”特色領域創(chuàng)新應用試點終期評估。

服務灣區(qū)發(fā)展。廣東省市場監(jiān)管局（知識產權局）與澳門經濟及科技發(fā)展局簽署《粵澳知識產權合作協(xié)議（2023—2025年）》，與香港知識產權署加快落實合作項目，累計開展粵港、粵澳合作項目410項。聯(lián)合港、澳知識產權部門舉辦“第五屆粵港澳大灣區(qū)知識產權交易博覽會暨國際地理標志產品交易博覽會”“第五屆粵港澳大灣區(qū)高價值專利培育布局大賽”“首屆粵港澳大灣區(qū)（廣東）高價值商標品牌培育大賽”，首次在香港舉辦亞洲知識產權營商論壇“粵港澳大灣區(qū)分論壇”，成功舉辦粵港知識產權與中小企業(yè)發(fā)展（惠州）研討會，“深圳-香港-廣州”科技集群創(chuàng)新指數繼續(xù)位居全球第二。聯(lián)合香港知識產權署在內地設置17個“香港特別行政區(qū)知識產權問詢點”，在港設立“內地知識產權業(yè)務咨詢郵箱”。支持橫琴粵澳深度合作區(qū)和前海深港現(xiàn)代服務業(yè)合作區(qū)打造粵港澳大灣區(qū)知識產權創(chuàng)造、保護和運用生態(tài)示范區(qū)，廣州南沙建設知識產權“一平臺、三中心”，推動深圳河套加快建立更高水平的知識產權保護制度。

二、嚴格知識產權司法保護

充分發(fā)揮知識產權審判職能作用。2023年，全省法院新收各類知識產權案件9.1萬件，審結各類知識產權案件9.5萬件，調撤5.3萬件，調撤率為57.4%。其中，廣州知識產權法院共新收1.40萬件，審結1.42萬件，包括各類專利權糾紛案件1.12萬件，涉外涉港澳臺案件426件。全省共有62件知識產權案件適用懲罰性賠償嚴懲侵權，全年最高判賠數額達3.17億元。4件案例入選2022年度全國法院10大知識產權案件和50件知識產權典型案例，3件案例入選最高人民法院2023年指導性案例。

持續(xù)加強知識產權檢察工作。2023年，全省檢察機關共批捕侵犯知識產權犯罪案件800件1156人，起訴1155件2061人。加強知識產權民事訴訟精準監(jiān)督。全省檢察機關共受理知識產權民事監(jiān)督案件577件，向法院發(fā)送再審檢察建議498件、抗訴3件。全省檢察機關共立案辦理知識產權領域公益訴訟案件30件。1件案例入選國務院知識產權戰(zhàn)略實施工作部際聯(lián)席會議辦公室發(fā)布的知識產權強國建設第二批典型案例；2件案例入選最高人民檢察院知識產權保護典型案例。

嚴厲打擊侵犯知識產權犯罪。全省公安機關深入開展“昆侖2023”“藍劍”等專項行動，將侵犯知識產權和制售偽劣商品犯罪納入“夏季行動”“1+N”“鷹擊”等專項行動打擊重點，嚴厲打擊各類涉民生假冒偽劣犯罪，全力維護群眾和企業(yè)合法權益。2023年全省共立侵犯知識產權犯罪案件1926起，破案1678起，打掉窩點1648個，抓獲犯罪嫌疑人4870名。

三、加大知識產權行政保護力度

持續(xù)加強知識產權行政執(zhí)法。省市場監(jiān)管局（知識產權局）印發(fā)《關于進一步加強新時代知識產權保護執(zhí)法和業(yè)務指導工作的通知》，開展2023民生領域案件查辦“鐵拳”行動、護航2023重點市場知識產權行政保護專項行動、“清源”地理標志保護等專項行動，查處知識產權行政處罰案件4005宗，移送司法機關184宗。廣東3宗案件入選2022年度全國知識產權行政保護典型案例，1宗知識產權案件入選市場監(jiān)管總局今年公布的知識產權執(zhí)法典型案件。成功承辦2023年侵權假冒偽劣商品全國統(tǒng)一銷毀行動主會場活動，全省統(tǒng)一銷毀行動合計銷毀侵權假冒偽劣商品1379.9噸，貨值3.8億元。全省文化市場綜合執(zhí)法部門辦結案件2432件。開展農資打假專項行動，立案查處違法案件1762宗，移送司法機關121宗。廣東2個案例入選農業(yè)農村部的全國農業(yè)綜合行政執(zhí)法“穩(wěn)糧保供”10個典型案例。全面部署林業(yè)植物新品種權保護執(zhí)法專項行動，共開展執(zhí)法行動300余次。加快建設省市兩級行政執(zhí)法綜合數據主題庫，推動知識產權領域執(zhí)法部門上線應用“粵執(zhí)法”，全省已有473家涉知識產權領域執(zhí)法單位、2.5萬余名執(zhí)法人員上線應用“粵執(zhí)法”，累計辦案4419宗。

大力加強行政裁決工作。全省辦理專利侵權糾紛案件9686件，其中裁決類1344宗，出具維權意見類8342宗。印發(fā)《廣東省市場監(jiān)督管理局知識產權行政保護技術調查官管理辦法》，依托國家知識產權局專利局專利審查協(xié)作廣東中心辦理專利侵權判定咨詢意見129宗。累計4項專利侵權糾紛行政裁決示范建設試點工作經驗被國家知識產權局復制推廣。

強化版權執(zhí)法監(jiān)管。全省共立案查辦侵犯版權案件286宗。開展院線電影版權保護專項行動、青少年版權保護季行動、“劍網2023”專項行動和“清朗·杭州亞運會和亞殘運會網絡環(huán)境整治”專項行動。廣東2個案例入選國家青少年版權保護季專項行動發(fā)布的第一批典型案例。

強化知識產權海關執(zhí)法。省內海關開展“龍騰2023” 、出口轉運貨物 “凈網行動”、寄遞渠道“藍網行動”等知識產權保護專項執(zhí)法行動，開展杭州亞運會和亞殘運會知識產權保護專項行動。2023年省內海關實際查扣侵權商品15766批次、數量3314萬件，貨值超人民幣2億元。海關總署廣東分署組織省內海關與香港、澳門海關共同開展3次知識產權海關保護聯(lián)合執(zhí)法行動，行動期間省內海關共查獲涉嫌侵權貨物2825批次，合計220萬件。

強化重點領域知識產權服務保障。開展杭州亞運會和亞殘運會知識產權保護宣傳354次，處理案件線索10條。3家商品交易市場已獲批作為國家級知識產權保護規(guī)范化市場培育對象。支持省內大型平臺企業(yè)貫徹《電子商務平臺知識產權管理》國家標準。高標準完成第133屆、第134屆廣交會知識產權保護相關工作，支持廣交會承接開展國家知識產權局專利權評價報告電商共享試點工作。

四、全方位推進知識產權協(xié)同保護

健全知識產權協(xié)同保護體系。充分發(fā)揮省知識產權戰(zhàn)略實施工作聯(lián)席會議機制作用，推動落實《關于強化廣東知識產權協(xié)同保護的備忘錄》相關工作。省法院等15家單位聯(lián)合簽署《關于對侵犯知識產權嚴重失信行為加強信用監(jiān)管工作的合作備忘錄》。持續(xù)深化知識產權“三合一”改革，省法院、省檢察院、省公安廳建立知識產權刑事司法保護聯(lián)席會議制度。廣東法院2023年調撤率創(chuàng)近5年來新高。廣州知識產權法院與廣州等11個市市場監(jiān)管局建立“行政調解+司法確認”機制。累計建成13家國家級知識產權保護中心或快維中心、16家省分中心、10家市縣級維權援助機構和217個工作站，全年共受理預審請求4.78萬件，受理知識產權保護維權相關案件1.16萬件。

深化跨區(qū)域保護協(xié)作。主辦十二省市知識產權保護協(xié)作活動，簽訂《關于成立十二省市知識產權行政保護聯(lián)盟優(yōu)化全國創(chuàng)新創(chuàng)業(yè)統(tǒng)一大市場合作備忘錄》。廣州南沙法院、深圳前海法院、橫琴法院簽署《關于構建知識產權司法保護協(xié)作機制的框架協(xié)議》，“N+4+2”粵港澳司法規(guī)則入選廣東自貿試驗區(qū)最佳制度創(chuàng)新案例。珠海等十市公檢法聯(lián)簽文件，采取“刑事管轄跟隨民事、行政管轄走”原則，與法院“三審合一”機制改革相銜接。

健全知識產權糾紛多元化解機制。出臺省級知識產權維權援助地方標準，建設集糾紛調解、仲裁在線、公證在線等九大功能于一體的“廣東省知識產權維權援助公共服務平臺”。省法院等11家單位共建知識產權協(xié)同保護智能服務一體化平臺，省市場監(jiān)管局（知識產權局）、廣州知識產權法院共建廣東知識產權糾紛調解中心，訴前成功調解案件3887件。全省建成133個知識產權人民調解組織，全年辦理知識產權案件5500件。2023年全省11家仲裁機構共受理知識產權仲裁案件576件，標的額7.7億元。2023年廣州仲裁委“多措并舉提升知識產權仲裁國際化、智能化、數字化水平”入選國務院知識產權強國建設典型案例。廣州仲裁委ODR平臺解決涉外糾紛案例入選司法部年度仲裁工作三大指導案例、商務部30個“外貿新業(yè)態(tài)優(yōu)秀實踐案例”。推動健全“技術調查官+技術顧問+技術專家”多元技術事實查明機制，技術調查室共參與辦理案件2283件。創(chuàng)新推出“產業(yè)鏈+公證”“互聯(lián)網＋公證”服務新模式，以及“云上公證”平臺、“存證通”“云郵通”等信息化產品。全省公證機構共辦理知識產權公證4萬余件。深圳市羅湖公證處《全國首例“眾包內容分發(fā)網絡”知識產權維權公證》入選2022年度中國公證十大典型案例。

五、大力突出知識產權高質量創(chuàng)造

持續(xù)推動知識產權關鍵指標領先全國。2023年，全省專利授權量70.37萬件，其中發(fā)明專利授權量14.31萬件；PCT國際專利申請量2.37萬件，商標注冊量79.05萬件，廣東戰(zhàn)略性產業(yè)集群發(fā)明專利授權量8.85萬件，均居全國首位。截至2023年底，全省高價值發(fā)明專利擁有量31.79萬件，累計PCT國際專利申請量28.13萬件，有效注冊商標量843.99萬件，均居全國首位。廣東在第二十四屆中國專利獎評選中共獲獎項目282項，其中金獎8項，獲獎總量居全國首位。

2023年，全省著作權登記總量為32.93萬件，其中，一般作品登記5.49萬件；計算機軟件作品登記27.44萬件，居全國首位。

全省2023年新增農業(yè)植物新品種權申請量422件（累計2552件），獲得農業(yè)植物新品種授權257件（累計1083件），獲林業(yè)植物新品種授權47件（累計284件）。

健全專利導航決策機制。省市場監(jiān)管局（知識產權局）等9部門印發(fā)《運用專利導航決策機制支撐“制造業(yè)當家”的實施方案》，發(fā)布全國首個《數字化時代專利導航工作指南》地方標準。全省累計建設國家級專利導航服務基地和專利導航工程支撐服務機構12家。

開展關鍵核心技術攻關。采用“揭榜制”“賽馬制”“業(yè)主制”等多元化方式，以芯片設計和制造、工業(yè)軟件和顯示制造裝備等戰(zhàn)略專項和重大專項為引領，培育一批原創(chuàng)型、基礎型專利。啟動實施省基礎研究十年“卓粵”計劃，2023年廣東基礎與應用基礎研究“旗艦”重大項目，著力提升廣東基礎研究原始創(chuàng)新能力。

加快制造業(yè)創(chuàng)新體系建設。共培育7批40家省級制造業(yè)創(chuàng)新中心，已完成全省15個市的創(chuàng)新中心布局，覆蓋新一代電子信息、高端裝備等17個戰(zhàn)略性產業(yè)集群。獲批5家國家級制造業(yè)創(chuàng)新中心，數量全國第一；培育1621家省級企業(yè)技術中心，累計培育國家技術創(chuàng)新示范企業(yè)64家。

大力推動科技創(chuàng)新平臺建設。構建以鵬城實驗室、廣州實驗室為引領，以省實驗室、國家重點實驗室、省重點實驗室、聯(lián)合實驗室為支撐的高水平多層次實驗室體系。推動建設粵港澳大灣區(qū)國家技術創(chuàng)新中心和2家領域類國家技術創(chuàng)新中心。推動277家省級新型研發(fā)機構高質量發(fā)展，新型研發(fā)機構服務企業(yè)數達2.3萬家，成果轉化收入達到593.96億元。

推動創(chuàng)新主體知識產權質量提升。累計建設高價值專利培育布局中心455家，組織開展創(chuàng)新管理知識產權標準實施試點，確定廣東省首批開展試點企業(yè)865家。全省擁有國家優(yōu)勢示范企業(yè)總數達到1243家，國家知識產權試點示范高校10家。

深入實施商標品牌戰(zhàn)略。聯(lián)合舉辦第十三屆中國國際商標品牌節(jié)，統(tǒng)籌布局新建38家商標品牌指導站，提升企業(yè)商標品牌價值保護和運用能力。保護“粵菜師傅”“廣東技工”“南粵家政”三項工程品牌知識產權，成功注冊43件三項工程相關商標?！盎菝衲匣浖艺鄙虡水愖h案入選國家知識產權局公布的2022年度商標異議、評審十大典型案例。

六、全力促進知識產權高水平轉化運用

全面推進專利轉化運用。實施專利轉化專項行動計劃（2021—2023年），全省21個市均出臺專利轉化專項相關配套政策。全省建成43個知識產權協(xié)同運營中心。推廣專利開放許可，建設1+N專利開放許可試點信息發(fā)布平臺。全省累計達成專利開放許可5468件次，許可總金額1291萬元。初步建成高?？萍汲晒D化專家?guī)臁⒓夹g需求庫和供應鏈庫。6所高校以第一完成單位獲得第二十四屆中國專利獎14項，獲獎總數位居全國第二。

加強知識產權成果轉化平臺建設。建設“智匯+智能制造技術眾包平臺”，搭建中小企業(yè)創(chuàng)新成果線上推廣平臺和線下展示服務網點，建設線下示范點15個，成果對接數量達3300項以上。依托深圳證券交易所建立深交所科技成果與知識產權交易中心，為科技成果和知識產權交易、轉移轉化提供一站式服務。省衛(wèi)生健康委等10部門部署實施委省共建提升高水平醫(yī)院臨床研究和成果轉化能力試點。

運用地理標志助力鄉(xiāng)村振興。創(chuàng)新舉辦地理標志產品廣貨手信節(jié)，促成線下展銷直接交易額達1126萬元。印發(fā)《廣東省發(fā)展地理標志產業(yè)實施方案》，遴選產生首批80個廣東省地理標志培育產品。累計獲批地理標志保護產品163個，地理標志專用標志合法使用人1463家，10件地理標志入選中歐地理標志互認互保名單，建設6個國家地理標志產品保護示范區(qū)。

推動知識產權金融創(chuàng)新。實施知識產權質押融資“倍增計劃”，全省專利和商標質押融資金額達2306.71億元，同比增長137.75%。首個深港跨境“N+1”知識產權證券化項目落地深圳，韶關推進全國欠發(fā)達地區(qū)首支知識產權證券化項目儲架，全年新發(fā)行20支知識產權證券化產品，規(guī)模逾43億元。

創(chuàng)新設立粵東西北知識產權創(chuàng)新創(chuàng)業(yè)大賽。首屆大賽吸引619個項目參賽，其中華僑海歸參賽項目35個；評選出金獎10項，銀獎20項，優(yōu)秀獎20項；形成3個融資項目和4個落地轉化項目，項目投融資超過10億元。

七、高標準建設知識產權服務體系

優(yōu)化知識產權公共服務體系。布局建設地市級綜合性知識產權公共服務機構20家，2家機構獲批備案國家知識產權信息公共服務網點，3家機構獲批籌建世界知識產權組織技術與創(chuàng)新支持中心（TISC）。全省累計布局建設技術與創(chuàng)新支持中心6家、高校知識產權信息服務中心6家、國家知識產權信息公共服務網點10家。

提升知識產權信息數據供給能力。正式上線運行粵港澳知識產權大數據綜合服務平臺，集成15類知識產權大數據資源，88個專題數據庫，收錄全球專利數據達到1.66億條，商標數據9400多萬件。完善歐盟商標查詢系統(tǒng)建設，累計加工入庫歐盟商標數據234萬件。在“粵商通”APP上線“搜專利”“查商標”等功能，累計提供移動端專利和商標檢索超40萬次。建成廣東省數據知識產權存證登記平臺，為創(chuàng)新主體提供數據知識產權存證登記、公示、發(fā)證等服務，截至2023年底，平臺共接收數據知識產權登記申請并頒發(fā)證書96項。

增強知識產權政務服務效能。國家知識產權局專利局廣州代辦處、深圳代辦處開展香港、澳門申請人在內地發(fā)明專利優(yōu)先審查試點，實現(xiàn)1個工作日內完成數據采集、推薦、審核等流程并報送國家知識產權局。在汕頭、湛江、潮州新建商標業(yè)務受理窗口，提升窗口覆蓋面，全省已累計建設各類知識產權業(yè)務受理窗口20個。

培育和發(fā)展知識產權服務業(yè)。完成2022、2023兩個年度專利代理師考試工作并新增深圳考點，廣東考點各科到考率及平均到考率均居全國第一。廣州開發(fā)區(qū)、深圳市福田區(qū)成功獲批知識產權服務業(yè)高質量集聚發(fā)展示范區(qū)，廣州市越秀區(qū)獲批知識產權服務業(yè)高質量集聚發(fā)展試驗區(qū)。新增2家外國專利代理機構獲批在廣州開發(fā)區(qū)設立常駐代表機構。截至2023年底，全省共擁有專利代理機構及分支機構1362家，執(zhí)業(yè)專利代理師4781人；累計重新備案的商標代理機構7571家。

加強知識產權代理行業(yè)監(jiān)管。舉辦全國知識產權代理“藍天”專項整治行動現(xiàn)場推進會暨聯(lián)合監(jiān)管活動。全面加強知識產權代理從業(yè)人員“雙隨機、一公開”監(jiān)管，開展知識產權服務機構“雙隨機、一公開”專項抽查1061家。

八、積極參與知識產權國際合作和競爭

構建全方位海外知識產權保護工作格局。在世界知識產權組織總干事見證下，省法院與世界知識產權組織（WIPO）仲裁與調解中心簽訂《加強知識產權領域替代性爭議解決交流與合作協(xié)議》。率先開展知識產權保護公益服務機構海外布點，相繼在俄羅斯、德國、美國設立海外知識產權保護服務工作站，已收集提供252條海外知識產權信息資訊、提供公益咨詢服務上百次。舉辦第二屆珠江國際貿易論壇“知識產權保護和貿易高質量發(fā)展”主題論壇，中國海事仲裁委員會、廣東省貿促會、廣州市港務局、廣州開發(fā)區(qū)管理委員會共同簽署《戰(zhàn)略合作框架協(xié)議》，共同推動在廣州成立中國海事仲裁委員會大灣區(qū)仲裁中心（華南分會）。承辦中歐知識產權工作組第25次會議廣州圓桌會。

加強海外知識產權糾紛應對指導。廣州市知識產權保護中心獲批國家海外知識產權糾紛應對指導地方分中心。國家海外知識產權糾紛應對指導中心廣東、深圳、佛山分中心開展海外知識產權糾紛應對指導，為50家跨境電商企業(yè)提供海外知識產權風險排查和專利自由實施報告，累計為500余家涉案企業(yè)提供“一對一”應對指導，取得積極成效的案件達107件。在2022年國家海外知識產權糾紛應對指導中心地方分中心考核中，廣東省3家分中心位列前十，深圳分中心位列第一。發(fā)布《廣東企業(yè)海外知識產權糾紛信息簡報》。

強化海外知識產權風險防控。全省保險機構累計通過知識產權保險制度為1830家企業(yè)提供知識產權海外侵權責任險143單2.26億元。發(fā)揮中國貿促會廣東經貿摩擦預警中心等35個預警點作用，發(fā)布《經貿摩擦預警信息》240期、共480條。

提升企業(yè)海外糾紛應對意識和能力。協(xié)助國家知識產權局舉辦工業(yè)品外觀設計國際注冊海牙體系巡回研討會、中歐商標領域最新發(fā)展研討會。加強知識產權摩擦形勢分析研判、案件預警通報和法律咨詢服務。針對“新三樣”知識產權摩擦風險，舉辦“新能源汽車產業(yè)發(fā)展與SEP政策研討會”。舉辦“加強粵港澳法律服務合作助力‘五外聯(lián)動’專題研討會”、涉外企業(yè)法治服務高質量發(fā)展論壇、商務法律服務月活動，以及“以法慧企，粵行越穩(wěn)”涉外法律服務專題活動。實施《企業(yè)知識產權國際合規(guī)管理規(guī)范》省級地方標準，舉辦海外知識產權保護培訓、沙龍、研討會等近百場。

九、高起點營造知識產權人文環(huán)境

營造濃厚知識產權人文社會氛圍。廣泛開展“4?26知識產權宣傳周”活動，發(fā)布《2022年廣東省知識產權保護狀況》白皮書，知識產權“十大事件”“十大亮點”“知識產權基層改革創(chuàng)新舉措”和知識產權行政保護系列典型案例，營造廣東知識產權文化氛圍。省法院連續(xù)14年發(fā)布《廣東法院知識產權司法保護狀況》白皮書，評選發(fā)布2022年度全省法院知識產權十大案件，取得良好社會反響。

建設知識產權人才隊伍。實施第七批“廣東特支計劃”知識產權平臺工作，遴選知識產權領軍人才和知識產權青年拔尖人才。廣東省貿促會與中國貿促會商法中心聯(lián)合打造廣東省合規(guī)師培訓示范基地，培養(yǎng)知識產權等合規(guī)專業(yè)人才。強化高校知識產權學科專業(yè)建設，培養(yǎng)具備知識產權專業(yè)知識的人才。廣東設立知識產權專業(yè)的高校有6個，知識產權專業(yè)在校本科生978人；全省高校共建立知識產權學院6個，依托華南理工大學、深圳大學建設國家知識產權培訓（廣東）基地2個。加強知識產權人才培養(yǎng)，聯(lián)合舉辦“第三屆粵港澳大灣區(qū)知識產權人才發(fā)展大會”。

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION IN GUANGDONG, CHINA IN 2023

In 2023, Guangdong consistently followed the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, faithfully studied and implemented the guiding principles from the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Second Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, the guiding principles from General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on comprehensively strengthening intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and the guiding principles from the important speeches and instructions during his inspection tour of Guangdong, fully implemented the “1310” Development Scheme proposed by the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee, and complied with the work requirements of the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government in vigorously implementing thePlan for the Construction of an Intellectual Property Power Country(2021-2035), the Directive Calling forIntensified Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, and the National Plan for Protection and Application of Intellectual Property Rights for the 14th Five-Year Plan Period. In particular, the province coordinated implementation of the IPR strategy, strengthened the law-based IPR protection, improved the whole-chain IPR protection mechanism, and stepped up the effort in making Guangdong into a demonstration province for the country’s IP power and a world-class IP province within the Greater Bay Area (Guangdong-Hongkong-Macao Greater Bay Area).

I. High-Level Overall Planning and Promotion of IPR Protection

The overall planning for IP has been strengthened. Both the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government attached great importance to IPR protection. Huang Kunming, Secretary of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee, emphasized that IPR must be viewed from an overall and strategic perspective and Guangdong must adhere to the guidance of developing a demonstration province for the country’s IP power, comprehensively strengthen the IPR protection to ensure the implementation of new development philosophy, the creation of a new development pattern, and the promotion of high-quality development. The provincial government convened executive meetings to study and deploy IP-related work, and held conferences with the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), to jointly promote Guangdong’s development of world-class GBA (the Greater Bay Area) IP province and building of national IPR protection demonstration area. The work conference was convened for the comprehensive reform of the China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City. The Guangdong Provincial People’s Government and CNIPA jointly issued the Implementation Plan for theComprehensively PilotReform of Application and Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in the Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City (2023-2027)to promote the construction of a world-class IPR ecosystem demonstration system.

Legal support for IPR has been enhanced. The province has established a local legal system guided by comprehensive legislation on IPR and supported by separate legislation on patents, copyrights, geographical indications, technology secrets and others. The province issued the Interpretation of Regulations of Guangdong on IPR Protection and the Interpretation of Regulations of Guangdong on Geographical Indication (GI), and published the Introduction and Interpretation of Regulations of Guangdong on Copyright to promote the implementation of local IPR regulations. The Department of Justice of Guangdong issued the 2023 Plan and Responsibility List for Improving Legal Awareness, and collaborated with the government’s legislative outreach offices to raise public awareness of legislation and law. The High People’s Court of Guangdong Province issued the country’s first data-related judicial policy document on strengthening judicial protection of data elements IPR to serve high-quality development of digital economy.

Exemplary demonstrations of IP have been reinforced. Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation (Guangdong Intellectual Property Administration) worked with 10 cities including Guangzhou and Shenzhen regarding to jointly develop city’s comprehensive IPR strength, worked with Heyuan, Meizhou, and Zhanjiang to jointly develop specialized cities with IPR strength，and promoted the construction of IPR counties. The province has 10 national IPR pilot demonstration cities, 21 IPR pilot demonstration counties, and 8 IPR pilot demonstration zones. Guangzhou and Shenzhen were included in the first batch of national demonstration cities for IPR protection and the first batch of national pilot cities for the construction of standardized IPR public services. Guangdong Province and Shenzhen City were among the first batch to be included in the CNIPA’s list of local pilots for data IPR protection and passed the acceptance inspection. The province has built 4 national pilot zones for commercial secret protection innovation, 16 pilot zones for the Golden Inner Bay Trade Secret Protection Innovation Program, and 1 foreign-related trade secret protection base. Shenzhen Qianhai Research Institute for Intelligent Copyright Innovation and Development passed the final evaluation by National Copyright Administration of China as a pilot specialized at “blockchain + copyright” innovative application.

IP serves the development of the Greater Bay Area. Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation (Guangdong Intellectual Property Administration) signed the Guangdong-Macao IPR Cooperation Agreement (2023-2025)with the Economic and Technological Development Bureau of Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region, and worked with the Intellectual Property Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to accelerate the implementation of co-operation programs. A total of 410 Guangdong-Hong Kong, Guangdong-Macao co-operation programs were held. IP authorities of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao hosted the 5th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Intellectual Property Trade Expo and International Geographical Indications Products Trade Expo, the 5th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area High-value Patent Portfolio Layout Competition, and the 1st Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Guangdong) High-value Trademark and Brand Cultivation Competition. Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Sub-forum of the Business of IP Asia Forum was held in Hong Kong for the first time. The Guangdong/Hong Kong Intellectual Property (IP) and Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Seminar was held in Huizhou. The Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou Technology Cluster has been ranked second in the Global Innovation Index for four straight years. Guangdong launched 17 enquiry points for Hong Kong SAR IP business, and Hong Kong set up electronic mailbox for handling enquiry for IP business in Chinese mainland. The province supported the Guangdong-Macao In-depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin and the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone in building demonstration zones for the ecosystem of the IPR creation, protection and application, supported Nansha, Guangzhou in building “one platform and three centers” for IPR and facilitated the development of a higher-level IPR protection system in Shenzhen Hetao.

II. Strict Judicial Protection for IPR

Guangdong has fully leveraged the role of judicial function in IPR. In 2023, 91,000 IP cases were accepted and 95,000 cases were concluded by courts in the province. 53,000 cases were withdrawn through mediation, with a withdraw rate of 57.4%. Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court alone accepted 14,000 cases and concluded 14,200 cases, including 11,200 patent dispute cases and 426 foreign/Hong Kong/Macao/Taiwan-related cases. 62 intellectual property cases in the province were subject to punitive damages, with the highest awarded damages of 317 million yuan. Four cases of Guangdong were included in the 2022 Top 10 IPR Protection Cases and Top 50 Typical Cases of IPR Protection from Courts. Three cases of Guangdong were included in the 2023 Guiding Cases released by the Supreme People’s Court of China.

Law-based procuratorial functions in IPR protection have been strengthened. In 2023, prosecutorial bodies of Guangdong approved to arrest 1,156 suspects in 800 IPR infringement cases, and prosecuted 2,061 suspects in 1,155 IPR infringement cases. Guangdong strengthened targeted supervision of IPR civil litigation. Prosecutorial bodies of Guangdong accepted 577 cases of civil IPR case supervision, delivered procuratorial advice of retrial of 498 IP related cases to the courts, and lodged protest in 3 IP related cases. Prosecutorial bodies of Guangdong filed and handled 30 cases of IPR-related public interest litigation. The province contributed 1 case to the second batch of Typical Cases of Construction of an Intellectual Property Power Country issued by the Office of Inter-departmental Joint Meeting on the Implementation of National IP Strategy of the State Council of China, and 2 cases to the Typical Cases of IPR Protection issued by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate of China.

IPR infringement crime has been cracked down upon. The police of the province have carried out special actions such as “Kunlun 2023” and “Blue Sword”. Crimes of IPR infringement and of production and sale of counterfeit and Shoddy Products were the key targets of the “Summer Action”, “1+N” and “Eagle Strike” and other special actions. The police cracked down on all kinds of counterfeit and shoddy crimes related to people’s livelihood and made every effort to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the public and enterprises. In 2023, 1,926 cases of IPR infringement were filed, 1,678 cases were solved, 1,648 criminal dens were destroyed, and 4,870 criminal suspects were arrested in the province.

III. Enhancement of IPR Administrative Protection

Administrative law enforcement for IPR protection has been strengthened. Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation (Guangdong Intellectual Property Administration) issued the Notice on Further Strengthening the Law Enforcement and Business Guidance of IPR Protection in the New Era, carried out special actions such as the 2023 “Iron Fist” action to investigate and handle cases in the field of people’s livelihood, the “Escort 2023” special action for the administrative protection of IPR in key markets, and the “Qingyuan” action for geographical indication protection, which investigated and handled 4,005 IPR-related administrative penalty cases, and transferred 184 cases to judicial organs. Guangdong contributed 3 cases to the 2022 Typical Cases of IPR Administrative Protection, and 1 case to the State Administration for Market Regulation’s Typical Cases of IPR Law Enforcement this year. Guangdong successfully held the main venue of the 2023 National Unified Action to Destroy Infringing, Counterfeit, and Shoddy Goods, in which the province destroyed 1,379.9 tons of infringing, counterfeit and shoddy goods with a value of 380 million yuan. The province’s cultural market law enforcement authorities handled and concluded 2,432 relevant cases. The province launched special actions against counterfeiting of agricultural materials, with 1,762 cases investigated and 121 cases transferred to judicial authorities according to the law. Guangdong contributed 2 cases to the Top 10 Typical Cases of National Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement in Agriculture for “Stable Food Supply” by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China. The province comprehensively deployed special law enforcement action for the protection of new varieties of forestry plants, and carried out over 300 law enforcement actions. The province accelerated the construction of databases for comprehensive administrative law enforcement at both provincial and municipal levels, and promoted the APP of “Guangdong Law Enforcement” for IPR law enforcement. In particular, 473 IPR law enforcement authorities and more than 25,000 law enforcement officers in Guangdong used the “Guangdong Law Enforcement” app handling a total of 4,419 cases.

Administrative adjudication has been vigorously strengthened. The province handled 9,686 cases of patent infringement disputes, with administrative ruling on 1,344 cases and administrative opinions on 8,342 cases. Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation issued The Measures for the Management of IPR Administrative Protection Technical Investigators. The Patent Examination Cooperation Guangdong Center of the Patent Office, CNIPA handled 129 patent infringement determination consultation opinions. Four cases of pilot demonstration construction for administrative adjudication on patent infringement disputes in Guangdong Province were promoted by CNIPA.

Administrative law enforcement and regulation for copyright has been strengthened. The province filed and investigated a total of 286 copyright infringement cases; carried out special action for the movie copyright protection at cinemas, the youth copyright protection action, the “Jianwang 2023” special action, and the “Qinglang special action for internet environment improvement for the Hangzhou Asian Games and Asian Para Games”, and contributed 2 cases to the first batch of typical cases released by the National Youth Copyright Protection Seasonal Special Action.

Customsenforcement for IPR protection has been strengthened. The customs in Guangdong carried out a series of special actions for IPR protection, such as the “Longteng Action 2023”, the “Jingwang Action”，“Lanwang Action” on exported goods, transshipment and posting goods, as well as special action of customs protection on IPR for the Hangzhou Asian Games and Asian Para Games. In 2023, customs in Guangdong seized 15,766 batches of infringing goods, with the quantity of 33.14 million items and the value of more than 200 million yuan. The Guangdong Sub-Administration of the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) and the customs of Hong Kong and Macao jointly launched 3 special actions of customs protection of IPR, with 2,825 batches of 2.2 million items of IPR-infringing goods seized.

IPR protection in key areas has been strengthened. Guangdong conducted 354 publicity campaigns on IPR protection for the Hangzhou Asian Games and Asian Para Games, and handled 10 related case clues. Three commodity trading markets in the province were approved to be cultivated as national standardized markets for IPR protection. Guangdong facilitated major platform enterprises in to implement the national standard – the Intellectual Property Protection and Management for E-commerce Platforms. High-standard IPR protection was deployed for the 133rd and 134th sessions of China Import and Export Fair (the Canton Fair). Guangdong supported Canton Fair in undertaking CNIPA’s pilot program of patent evaluation reports sharing for e-commerce platforms.

IV. All-round Promotion of Coordinated IPR Protection

The coordinated IPR protection mechanism has been improved. The province gave full play to the role of the Guangdong Provincial Joint Conference on Intellectual Property Strategy Implementation, and promoted the implementation of the Memorandum on Strengthening the Coordinated Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Guangdong. Fifteen authorities including the High People’s Court of Guangdong Province jointly signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on Strengthening Credit Supervision on Acts of Bad Faith of Infringing Intellectual Property Rights. Guangdong deepened the “three-in-one” reform that combining IPR civil, administrative and criminal trials in one tribunal. The High People’s Court of Guangdong Province, the People’s Procuratorate of Guangdong Province, and Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department established the joint conference mechanism for the criminal judicial protection of IPR. In 2023, courts in Guangdong witnessed the highest rate of cases withdrawn through mediation in five years. Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court established the mechanism of “administrative mediation + judicial confirmation” with 11 prefecture-level administrations for market regulation including Guangzhou Administration for Market Regulation. The province established 13 state-level IPR protection center/fast IPR service centers, 16 provincial level sub-centers, 10 IPR protection assistance agencies and 217 stations at prefecture/county-level, which accepted 47,800 preliminary examination applications and 11,600 IPR protection cases throughout the year.

Cross-regional protection cooperation has been deepened. The province held the event of IPR Protection Collaboration among 12 Provinces and Municipalities, at which the MOU on the Establishment of the IPR Administrative Protection Alliance of Twelve Provinces and Municipalities to Optimize the National Unified Market for Innovation and Entrepreneurshipwas signed. The people’s courts of Nansha District of Guangzhou, Qianhai District of Shenzhen and Hengqin New District of Zhuhai signed the Framework Agreement on Establishing a Collaborative Mechanism for Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights. The “N+4+2” Judicial Rules of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao were included in the Best Cases of Institutional Innovation in China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone. The public security bureaus, procuratorates, and courts of 10 cities including Zhuhai jointly signed a document adopting the principle of “criminal jurisdiction following civil and administrative jurisdiction” to be in line with the “three-in-one” reform.

The mechanism of diverse IP dispute solving has been improved. The province issued provincial standards for IPR protection assistance, and established the Guangdong Intellectual Property Protection Center, a public service platform that integrated IPR protection means such as dispute resolution, online arbitration, and online notarization. The High People’s Court and 10 relevant departments of Guangdong Province jointly built an integrated platform of intelligent services for coordinated IPR protection. Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation (Guangdong Intellectual Property Administration) and Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court jointly built the Guangdong IPR Dispute Resolution Center, which successfully mediated 3,887 cases. In 2023, the province had established 133 people’s mediation organizations for IPR disputes, which handled 5,500 IPR cases throughout the year. 11 arbitration institutions in the province dealt with 576 IPR arbitration cases with subject amount of approximately 770 million yuan. Guangzhou Arbitration Commission’s “Using Multiple Measures to Improve International, Intelligent and Digital Arbitration for IPR Disputes” case was selected by the State Council as a typical case of Construction of an Intellectual Property Power Country. Guangzhou Arbitration Commission’s case of resolution of foreign-related disputes via the ODR platform was selected for the Top Three Guiding Cases of Arbitration by the Ministry of Justice of China and the Top 30 Excellent Practice Cases of New Foreign Trade Business Formats by the Ministry of Commerce of China. The province improved the multi-technical fact-finding mechanism of “technical investigators + technical consultants + technical experts” by which 2,283 cases were handled. Guangdong introduced new service models of “Industrial Chain + Notarization” and “Internet + Notarization”, as well as information products such as “Cloud Notary” platform, “Cun Zheng Tong” (a platform for electronic data storage and collection) and “Yun You Tong” (a platform for online mail delivery). Notary institutions in Guangdong dealt with over 40,000 IPR protection notarization cases. The “Nation’s First ‘Crowd-sourced Content Distribution Network’ IPR Protection Notarization” from the Shenzhen Luohu Notary Office was selected as one of the top 10 typical cases of notarization in China in 2022.

V.Emphasis on High-Quality IPR Development

Guangdong keeps taking lead in IPRkey indicators. In 2023, 703,700 patents from Guangdong were granted, of which 143,100 were invention patents. 23,700 applications for PCT international patents, and 790,500 trademark registrations were from Guangdong. Strategic industrial clusters in the province contributed 88,500 granted invention patents. By the end of 2023, Guangdong was home to 317,900 high-value invention patents, 281,300 applications for PCT international patents, and 8,439,900 valid trademark registrations. Guangdong ranked first in the country by means of mentioned above. 282 patents from Guangdong won the 24th China Patent Award, of which 8 won the Gold Award, ranking first in the country by means of award-winning patents amount.

In 2023, 329,300 copyright registrations were made in the province including 54,900 non-computer software works registrations and 274,400 computer software works registrations. The number of computer software works registrations ranked first in the country.

In 2023, the province received 422 new applications for new varieties of agricultural plants (the cumulative applications reached 2,552), and made 257 new grants for new varieties of agricultural plants (the cumulative grants reached 1,083) and 47 new grants for new varieties of forestry plants (the cumulative grants reached 284).

Patent navigation decision-making mechanism has been improved. Nine departments including the Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation (Guangdong Intellectual Property Administration) issued the Implementation Plan for Utilizing the Patent Navigation Decision-making Mechanism to Support the “Manufacturing Industry as the Pillar” Strategy and released the country’s first local standard – the Patent Navigation Work Guide in the Digital Era. The province built a total of 12 national-level patent navigation service bases and patent navigation project support & service institutions.

Breakthroughs in core technologies in key fields have been made. Guangdong used diversified approaches to incentivize the cultivation of a number of original and fundamental patents, focusing on strategic and major projects such as chip design and manufacturing, industrial software, and display manufacturing equipment. In order to enhance innovation capabilities in basic research areas, Guangdong launched a 10-year action plan of “Guangdong Excellent Basic Research Program (Zhuoyue)” and “2023 Guangdong ‘Flagship’ Major Program for Basic Research and Applied Basic Research”.

The construction of manufacturing innovation system has been accelerated. Guangdong has cultivated 7 batches of 40 provincial-level manufacturing innovation centers, and completed the layout of innovation centers in 15 cities across the province, covering 17 strategic industrial clusters such as new generation electronic information and high-end equipment. The province had 5 approved national-level manufacturing innovation centers, ranking first in the country in number; cultivated 1,621 provincial-level enterprise technology centers and 64 national technological innovation demonstration enterprises.

The construction of scientific and technological innovation platforms has been vigorously promoted. The province established a diversified and high-level laboratory system supported by Pengcheng Laboratory, Guangzhou Laboratory and other provincial laboratories, national key laboratories, provincial key laboratories and joint laboratories; promoted the construction of the Greater Bay Area National Center of Technology Innovation and 2 field-based national centers of technology innovation; advanced the high-quality development of 277 provincial-level R&D institutions which served up to 23,000 enterprises and produced 59.396 billion yuan in revenue in terms of innovation commercialization.

TheIP quality of innovative entities has been improved. The province built a total of 455 high-value patent cultivation and layout centers. Guangdong also published pilot programs for the implementation of international standards for innovative management of IPRs, with 865 enterprises being approved to join the pilot program. Now there are 1,243 national demonstration entities and 10 national IP pilot demonstration universities in Guangdong.

Guangdong has thoroughly implemented the trademark and brand strategy. The province co-organized the 13th China Trademark Festival and coordinated the establishment of 38 new trademark and brand guidance stations to enhance corporate capabilities in trademark and brand value protection and utilization; ensured protection of the branded IPs for the “Three Projects” including “Cantonese Chef”, “Guangdong Technician”, “Nanyue Housekeeper”, with 43 related trademarks registered. The “Huimin Nanyue Housekeeper” trademark opposition case was selected into the CNIPA’s 2022 Top 10 Typical Cases of Trademark Opposition and Appeals.

VI. Vigorous Promotion of High-Level IPR Commercialization and Application

Guangdong comprehensively promoted the commercialization and application of patents. Guangdong implemented the Special Action Plan for Patent Commercialization (2021-2023), with 21 cities in the province introducing special supporting policies for patent commercialization, and had established 43 IPR collaborative operation centers. The province promoted the patent open licensing and built the 1+N pilot information release platform for patent open licensing; achieved a total of 5,468 patent open licenses, with a total amount of 12.91 million yuan; initially established an expert database, a technology demand database and a supply chain database for the commercialization of university research findings. Six universities in the province won 14 awards in the 24th China Patent Award as primary contributors of the winning patents, and Guangdong ranked second in the country in total number of award-winning patents.

The construction of the platforms for IP commercialization has been strengthened. Guangdong built the “WisePlus Intelligent Manufacturing Technology Crowd-sourcing Platform”, and established online promotion platforms and offline display & service stations for innovative achievements of SMEs. Now 15 offline demonstration stations were established, with more than 3,300 innovative achievements being promoted. Supported by Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), Guangdong built the SZSE Trading Center for Scientific and Technological Achievements and Intellectual Property to provide one-stop services for the trading, transfer and commercialization of scientific and technological achievements and IP. Ten authorities including the Health Commission of Guangdong Province deployed and implemented pilot projects jointly constructed by the CPC provincial committee and the provincial government to improve the high-level clinical research and achievements commercialization capabilities of hospitals.

The province utilized geographical indications to boost rural revitalization. Guangdong launched the First Geographical Indication Products Cantonese Souvenir Festival where the offline exhibition sales reached 11.26 million yuan; issued the Implementation Plan for the Development of Geographical Indication Industry in Guangdong and selected the first batch of 80 geographical indication products for cultivation. The province had a total of 163 products under geographical indication protection, 1,463 legal users for the special marks of geographical indication products, 10 geographical indications included in the list of mutual recognition and mutual protection of geographical indications between China and EU, and 6 national geographical indication product protection demonstration areas.

The province facilitated the IP finance innovation. Guangdong implemented the “Doubling Plan” for IP pledge financing, with the amount of patent and trademark pledge financing reaching 230.671 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 137.75%. The first Shenzhen-Hong Kong cross-border “N+1” IP securitization project was launched in Shenzhen; Shaoguan promoted the first IP securitization project for underdeveloped area in the country. Throughout the year, 20 new IP securitization products were issued, with a scale of more than 4.3 billion yuan.

The province launched the first Intellectual Property Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for Eastern, Western and Northern Guangdong. The first competition attracted 619 entries, including 35 overseas Chinese entries; produced 10 gold awards, 20 silver awards, and 20 excellence awards; formed 3 financing projects and 4 commercialization projects, with project investment and financing exceeding 1 billion yuan.

VII. Establishment of High-Standard IP Service System

The IP protection public service system has been optimized. Guangdong laid out the construction of 20 comprehensive IP public service agencies at municipal level, 2 of them listed as national IP information service center and 3 of them approved as WIPO Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs) under construction. Guangdong has in total 6 TISCs, 6 university IP information service centers and 10 national IP information public service branches.

IP information and data supply capability has been raised. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao IPR Big Data Comprehensive Service Platform was officially launched and put into operation, integrating 15 categories of IP big data resources and 88 subject-based databases, collecting 166 million pieces of global patent data and more than 94 million pieces of trademark data. Guangdong improved the construction of the EUTMS, a registration-information inquiry system for trademarks registered in the European Union, with a total of 2.34 million pieces of EU trademark data processed into the system; launched new features of “Patent Search” and “Trademark Search” on the Yue Shang Tong platform APP, recording more than 400,000 patent and trademark mobile searches; built the Guangdong Province Data Intellectual Property Certificate Registration Platform to provide innovative entities with services such as data IP certificate registration, publicity, and issuance – as of the end of 2023, the platform had received a total of 96 data IP registration applications and issued certificates.

IP government serviceefficiency has been improved. The Guangzhou Agency and Shenzhen Agency of the Patent Office of CNIPA launched pilot programs of invention patent priority examination for applicants from Hong Kong and Macao, which allows all the process, including data collection, referral, review and submission to CNIPA, to be completed within one working day. Guangdong has 20 IP reception windows in total, three of which were trademark reception windows newly established in Shantou, Zhanjiang, and Chaozhou.

The province has been cultivating and developing IP service industry. Guangdong completed the patent agent examination in 2022 and 2023 and established a new examination center in Shenzhen. The subject-based attendance rate and average attendance rate in the Guangdong examination centers ranked first in the country. Guangzhou Development District and Futian District of Shenzhen were approved as demonstration zones of high-quality IP service industry cluster development, and Yuexiu District of Guangzhou was approved as pilot zone of high-quality IP service industry cluster development. Two foreign patent agencies were approved to set up permanent representative offices in Guangzhou Development District. By the end of 2023, Guangdong had 1,362 patent agencies and 4,781 practicing patent agents, and a total of 7,571 trademark agencies re-registered.

The province has strengthened regulation over IP agencies. Guangdong launched the Onsite Promotion Meeting and Joint Supervision of the “Lantian” Special Action regarding National IPR Agencies; comprehensively strengthened the supervision of IP agencies and practitioners, with the objects for inspection and the inspectors being selected randomly, and the inspection content and results being disclosed to the public in a timely manner; and carried out special spot checks on 1,061 IP agencies.

VIII. Active Participation in International IP Cooperation and Competition

Guangdong built a comprehensive system for IP protection overseas. Witnessed by the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the High People’s Court of Guangdong Province and the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center signed the Agreement concerning Cooperation on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the Area of Intellectual Property (IP). Guangdong Province took the lead in establishing overseas branches of IP protection public service agencies, including IP protection service workstations in Russia, Germany, and the United States, offering 252 pieces of overseas IP information and hundreds of consultations; held the Second Pearl River International Trade Forum-Forum on High Quality Development of IPR Protection and Trade. The China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC), the CCPIT Guangdong Committee, the Guangzhou Port Authority, and the Guangzhou Development Zone Management Committee jointly signed the Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation and promoted the establishment of the CMAC Greater Bay Area Arbitration Center (South China Sub-Commission) in Guangzhou. The province hosted the Guangzhou Roundtable of the 25th Meeting of the EU-China Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Working Group.

The province strengthened guidance for resolving overseas IP disputes. The Guangzhou Intellectual Property Protection Center was newly approved as the National Guidance Center for Handling Overseas Intellectual Property Disputes. The Guangdong Branch, Shenzhen Branch and Foshan Branch of the National Guidance Center for Handling Overseas Intellectual Property Disputes provided overseas IP risk investigation and FTO reports for 50 cross-border e-commerce companies and “one-on-one” guidance for more than 500 companies involved in IP litigations, 107 cases achieving positive results. During the 2022 assessment of local branches of National Guidance Center for Handling Overseas Intellectual Property Disputes, 3 branches in Guangdong Province ranked among the top 10, and Shenzhen Branch ranked first. The province also released the Information Brief on Overseas IPR Disputes of Guangdong Enterprises.

Guangdong enhancedoverseas IPrisk prevention and control. Insurance institutions in the province provided 1,830 companies with 143 overseas IP infringement liability insurance policies worth of 226 million yuan through the intellectual property insurance system. Guangdong Economic and Trade Friction Warning Center of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and other 34 IP risk warning centers released 240 issues of the Economic and Trade Friction Warning Information Bulletin with a total of 480 warnings.

Enterprises’awareness and capabilities of overseas IP disputes resolution have been improved. The province assisted CNIPA in organizing the Roving Seminar on the Hague System for the International Registration of Designs, and the Seminar on the Latest Developments in the Field of Trademarks; strengthened the analysis and judgment of IP frictions, case warning notifications and legal consulting services. In response to the IP friction risks related to electric passenger vehicles, lithium batteries, photovoltaic products, Guangdong held the New Energy Vehicle Industry Development and SEP Policy Seminar; held the Special Seminar on Strengthening Legal Services Cooperation Between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to Promote the “Collaboration of Five Aspects”, the Forum on Foreign High-Quality Development of Foreign-Related Legal Services for Enterprises, the campaign of commercial legal service month, as well as the special event on foreign legal services themed “Enlightening Enterprises with Legal Services to Facilitate Steady Development of Guangdong”; implemented the provincial-level local standard – the International Compliance Management Specification for Enterprise Intellectual Property, and launched nearly 100 training sessions, salons and seminars on overseas IP protection.

IX. Creation of IP Cultural Environment with a High Starting Point

A strong social culture of IP was created in the province. Guangdong launched April 26 IP Publicity Week activities, released the White Paper on Intellectual Property Rights Protection in Guangdong, China in 2022, issued the Top 10 IP Events, the Top 10 IP Highlights, the IP Grassroots Reform and Innovation Measures, and a series of typical cases of IP administrative protection. The High People’s Court of Guangdong Province issued the White Paper on Judicial IPR Protection in Guangdong Courts for 14 consecutive years, and selected top 10 IP cases handled by the courts in Guangdong in 2022, which received positive social responses.

The province made efforts in IP talent development. The province implemented the IR platform construction under the seventh batch of the Special Support Plan of Guangdong Province for Cultivating High-Level Talent, and organized the selection of leading IP talent and top-notch young IP talent. The CCPIT Guangdong Committee and the CCPIT Commercial Legal Service Center jointly built the Guangdong Demonstration Base of Compliance Officer Training to cultivate IP compliance professionals. The province strengthened the construction of IP disciplines and programs in colleges and universities to cultivate talent with IP expertise. In Guangdong Province, 6 universities had offered IP programs with 978 undergraduate students, 6 universities had established IP schools, and 2 national IP training (Guangdong) bases had been established (affiliated to South China University of Technology and Shenzhen University respectively); held the 3rd GBA IP Talent Development Conference to further strengthen IP talent training.

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