On January 25, the State Intellectual Property Office agreed that China Zhongshan (lighting) intellectual property rights rapid protection center will carry out the pilot work of rapid pre examination of utility models. Zhongshan fast maintenance center has become the first fast protection center of intellectual property rights in China, which extends the scope of pre-trial business from appearance design to utility model.

Founded in 2010, Zhongshan fast maintenance center is the first fast protection center of intellectual property rights in China. At present, it has built a fast protection system of intellectual property rights for lighting industry, providing enterprises and institutions within its jurisdiction with a one-stop comprehensive service of intellectual property rights, which integrates rapid pre examination, confirmation and protection of design rights. "Zhongshan ancient town mode of industrial design protection" has been recognized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and it will be promoted globally in the form of keynote speech at WIPO conference held in Geneva in 2019. With the transformation and upgrading of lighting industry in Zhongshan ancient town, the innovation ability of local enterprises in semiconductor lighting, intelligent lighting and other fields is constantly improving, and the number of applications for utility model patents is increasing year by year. The voice of the hope that utility models can be prequalified as quickly as appearance design is becoming stronger and stronger.

According to the notice of the State Intellectual Property Office on Further Strengthening the construction of the rapid protection center of intellectual property rights (gzfbz [2020] No. 34), the State Intellectual Property Office, upon application, has carried out the pilot work of rapid pre-trial of utility models in the well run and qualified rapid protection centers, so as to promote the innovation ability of county agglomeration industries. In the future, Zhongshan Kuaiwei center will carry out the pilot work of rapid prequalification of utility models for the lighting industry, further give play to the advantages of rapid protection of intellectual property rights, and boost the high-quality development of the local lighting industry.