China will speed up the legislation of intellectual property rights in big data, AI, genetic technology and other new fields and new formats, and establish and improve intellectual property protection regulations for new technologies, new industries, new formats and new models.

The other contents of the legal system are as follows: revising the patent law, trademark law, copyright law and protection regulations for new plant varieties based on facts, exploring the establishment of exclusive laws and regulations for geographical indications and industrial designs, and strengthening unified protection system for geographical indications with the coordination of special protection and trademark protection, improving integrated circuit layout design laws and regulations; carrying out the formulation and modification of laws and regulations in strengthening the protection of trade secrets, completing the improvement of the legal system for regulating intellectual property abuses, as well as the anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition legislation related to intellectual property; amending the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Science and Technology Progress; researching and establishing then improving a special procedure legal system that conforms to the laws of intellectual property trials; comprehensively establishing and implementing a punitive compensation system for infringement, and increasing compensation for damages.

In the aspect of constructing IP regulations and systems with prompt response and reasonable protection in emerging fields and specific fields, besides establishing and improving intellectual property rights protection rules for new technologies, new industries, new formats, and new models, in the meantime, explore and improve the IP protection system in the field of Internet; study and construct data intellectual property protection rules; improve the intellectual property rights and legal systems with source opening; research and improve intellectual property rights protection regulations for algorithms, business methods, and artificial intelligence output.

In addition, enhance constructing the acquisition and benefits sharing system such as genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folk literature and art, promoting the collection and sorting, transformation and use of intangible cultural heritage. Drive the effective connection between traditional Chinese medicine and modern intellectual property systems. Further perfect the comprehensive protection system of traditional Chinese medicine intellectual property rights, build a special examination and protection mechanism for traditional Chinese medicine patents, promoting the inheritance and innovation of traditional Chinese medicine.

From China News Net

September 22nd, 2021