Forum on trademark and geographical indication

On September 18, shenchangyu, director of the State Intellectual Property Office, investigated the intellectual property work in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, and discussed trademark and geographical indication with relevant aspects of Jiangxi Province and Ganzhou City. Sunjusheng, deputy governor of Jiangxi provincial government, attended the symposium.
At the symposium, Jiangxi Province and Ganzhou City introduced the work of intellectual property rights such as trademarks and geographical indications respectively. Shenchangyu gave a high evaluation and exchanged with representatives of government departments, enterprises and trade associations. He said the State Intellectual Property Office will continue to support Jiangxi intellectual property work, work with Jiangxi to explore effective ways for intellectual property to help innovation and development, promote opening up to the outside world and fight poverty in the old revolutionary areas, and provide strong support for Jiangxi's high-quality economic development.
Shenchangyu pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Central Committee attaches great importance to the construction of trademark brands and the work of geographical indications. Especially in this novel coronavirus pneumonia background, the central government proposed to accelerate the formation of a new development pattern with the domestic main circulation as the main body and the domestic and international double circulation promoting each other. Trademark brand building and geographical indications work is of great significance to play the fulcrum role of expanding domestic demand strategy. Around implementing the important instructions of general secretary Xi Jinping and the decision making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the State Intellectual Property Office actively took measures to further implement the trademark brand strategy and the application of geographical indications to promote the project, and made positive progress.
Shenchangyu stressed that we should continue to take various measures to promote the sustainable and healthy development of trademark and geographical indications. First, we should improve relevant laws and regulations, accelerate the start of trademark law and implementation regulations, promote special legislation on geographical indications, strengthen trademark and geographical indication protection; second, strengthen the service of examination and comprehensive supervision, continuously improve the quality and efficiency of trademark review, further compress the period of trademark review, strengthen the monitoring and monitoring of malicious trademark applications through big data and other technical means Third, we should promote the common governance of society, increase the legal publicity of trademarks and geographical indications, and create a good environment for the development of trademark work and geographical indication industry. We should strengthen the supervision of trademark agency, promote the self-discipline of the industry, and return the trademark registration to its original source.
Sunjusheng said that at present, the construction of Jiangxi Province with strong intellectual property rights with characteristics has shown a new gratifying situation. The indicators of intellectual property creation in Jiangxi Province are higher than the national average level, the patent quality and structure are continuously optimized, the construction of trademark brand and geographical indication work have been steadily promoted, and the status of the enterprise innovation subject has been significantly improved. We hope to further strengthen cooperation and consultation with the State Intellectual Property Office, jointly promote the construction of Jiangxi Province with strong intellectual property rights and promote the high-quality development of Jiangxi economy and society.
The office of the State Intellectual Property Office, the division for the promotion of the use of intellectual property, the relevant heads of the Trademark Office, the relevant heads of Jiangxi Intellectual Property Office and Ganzhou City, and representatives of some enterprises and trade associations participated in the symposium. (Intellectual Property Press: Liduo / Wen Zeng Jia / photo)