Intellectual Property Rights
The creation and enforcement of a workable legal framework for the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) is a significant problem that many foreign companies in China face. Read about regulatory changes, best practices, and programs to help companies protect their IPR in the featured links on this page.
For more IPR information, visit USCBC's IPR Archives.
USCBC IPR Update Mailing List
To alert USCBC members about developments in IPR issues in China, USCBC operates an IPR update distribution list service for its member company representatives. USCBC members may register to receive these notices electronically.
Recommendations
- USCBC Intellectual Property Rights Recommendations List [pdf]
In English | In Chinese - USCBC Recommended Revisions to China's Laws and Regulations Related to the Protection of IPR [pdf]
In English | In Chinese - USCBC Recommended Revisions to China's Laws and Regulations Related to the Protection of IPR [pdf]
In English | In Chinese - USCBC Comments on Draft Revisions to the PRC Patent Law [pdf]
In English | In Chinese - USCBC Comments on Draft Revisions to the PRC Trademark Law [pdf]
In English | In Chinese - USCBC Comments on the Draft Provisional Administrative Measures for the Formulation and Revision of National Standards Involving Patents
In English | In Chinese - USCBC's 2010 Submission on IPR Issues to USTR on Special 301 Review
- USCBC's 2009 Testimony to Trade Policy Staff Committee on China's WTO Commitments [pdf]
- USCBC's 2007 Statement to the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade: Trade with China: IPR [pdf]
Best Practices
- Customs Recordation of Intellectual Property Rights [pdf]
- Tackling Intellectual Property Infringement in China, The China Business Review (CBR)
- Best Practices: Intellectual Property Protection in China
- USCBC Roundtables on IPR Enforcement:
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP Presentation: IPR Enforcement against Imports from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong [M]
- Rouse & Co. International Presentation: Understanding the Current IP Landscape in China [M]
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Presentation: Managing IP Risks in China [M]
- USCBC Presentation: Update: IPR Enforcement in China [M]
- Control Risks Group presentation "Protecting Information and IPR in China: An Update from the Field" [ppt] [M]
Analysis and Legal Developments
- China's New Patent Regime , CBR [M]
- Changes to China's Patent Law and Practice, CBR [M]
- A New Era of Intellectual Property Rights Licensing, CBR [M]
- China Data: Patents, Enforcement, and Seizures, CBR [M]
- A Closer Look: Trade Secrets and IPR in China, CMI [M]
- Report on the Use of Criminal Sanctions to Enhance Trademark Protection
in China
(Sponsored by the US-China Legal Cooperation Fund), Submitted by Law Professors Jerome Cohen and Li Luo [M] - China's 2004-09 JCCT Commitments [pdf]
- Bringing R&D to China, CBR
- Judicial Review: Time for a Closer Look, CBR [M]
- Changing China's Patent Regime, CBR [M]
- Art of the State: Acquiring Chinese Technology, CBR [M]
- Study of the Impact of Movie Piracy on China's Economy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Report [pdf]
In English | In Chinese - Intellectual Property Rights in China: Background and Figures
US Government
- US Trade Representative's (USTR) 2010 Special 301 Report
- US Embassy in Beijing's IPR Toolkit
- US Department of Commerce China IPR Advisory Program
- US Department of Commerce's Protecting Your Intellectual Property Rights in China: A Practical Guide for US Companies
- Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP) Initiative
- Export Portal China Business Information Center
PRC Government
- IPR Protection in China website
- China's National IPR Strategy (in Chinese)
- China's 2010 IPR Protection Action Plan (in Chinese)
- Review of China's IPR Protection in 2009
In English | In Chinese - The Structure of IPR Administration and Enforcement in China (WTO Trade Policy Review), April 2006
- AQSIQ Presentation "IPR Protection in China," [ppt]
- State Intellectual Property Office
- China Trademark Office
- National Copyright Administration of China