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.
Best Practices
- Intellectual Property Best Practice Tips
- IP Protection Best Practice Tips, The China Business Review (CBR)
- USCBC Presentation: IPR Best Practices [ppt]
- Baker & McKenzie Presentation "Intellectual Property Update," [ppt] [M]
- Control Risks Group presentation "Protecting Information and IPR in China: An Update from the Field" [ppt] [M]
Analysis and Legal Developments
- China's 2004-08 JCCT Commitments [pdf]
- Bringing R&D to China, CBR
- China's 2006 IPR Review, 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]
- Counterfeiting in China: A Blueprint for Change, CBR [M]
- Silk Market Fakes--Light at the End of the Tunnel?, CBR [M]
- How to Protect Trade Secrets, CBR [M]
- Sports Marketing in China: An IP Perspective, CBR
- 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
USCBC Testimony and Comments on Laws and Regulations
- USCBC Comments on Draft Revisions to the PRC Revised Patent Law [pdf]
In English
In Chinese - USCBC's 2007 Testimony 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]
- USCBC Recommended Revisions to China's Laws and Regulations Related to the Protection of IPR [pdf]
In English
In Chinese
US Government
- US Trade Representative's (USTR) 2008 Special 301 Report
- USTR's Top-to-Bottom Review of US-China Trade Relations [pdf]
- 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 2008 IPR Protection Action Plan
In English
In Chinese - Review of Chinaa's 2007 IPR Action Plan (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 Council White Paper on IPR Protection [pdf]
- State Intellectual Property Office
- China Trademark Office
- National Copyright Administration of China