In order to strengthen the protection of intellectual property and help to solve poverty, recently, the intellectual property law enforcement and protection business seminar and exchange activities of the State Intellectual Property Office were held in Sangzhi, Hunan Province. The relevant comrades in charge of the intellectual property protection division of the State Intellectual Property Office and representatives from 16 provinces (districts and cities) of the country participated in the activities.
The seminar and exchange activities focused on the issues of intellectual property helping to help poverty alleviation, well-known trademark identification and protection, administrative adjudication on patent infringement disputes, performance appraisal of intellectual property administrative protection. Eight pilot sites of administrative adjudication on patent infringement disputes made typical speeches. The representatives at the meeting discussed and exchanged in-depth the beneficial practices, difficulties and problems encountered in the work in promoting the administrative adjudication, well-known trademark identification and protection, and performance appraisal of intellectual property administrative protection, and put forward a good job in the next step in the administrative protection of intellectual property Comments and suggestions. The relevant comrades in charge of the intellectual property protection department stressed that the advantages of poverty alleviation of intellectual property should be fully exerted, the development of local enterprises should be assisted by patents, the development of local brand economy should be supported by trademarks, the development of local featured agriculture should be assisted by geographical indications, and the intellectual property rights should play a more important role in promoting the revitalization of local villages and promoting the high-quality development of local economy.

Next, according to the progress of relevant work and the situation of research and exchange activities, the work of intellectual property protection and consolidation and expansion of poverty alleviation achievements will be organically combined to promote the work of intellectual property protection to a new level.

The relevant responsible comrades of the intellectual property bureaus of 16 provinces (districts and cities) including Beijing, Hebei and Shanghai, the responsible comrades of Zhangjiajie City and the market supervision and Administration Bureau of each district and county, the relevant comrades of the Party committee of Sangzhi County and the relevant county government and the working group of the Bureau in the poverty alleviation of Sangzhi participated in the exchange activities. (Zhanglu)