In 2020, China has handled more than 3300 applications for rights protection assistance, provided more than 43000 consulting and guidance services, and provided 9384 reference opinions on the judgment of intellectual property infringement. These data reflect the achievements of China in the aspect of intellectual property rights protection assistance in 2020.

"The aid for safeguarding rights is an important way for the public and the innovation subjects to protect intellectual property rights, and also an important aspect of the construction of a large protection pattern of intellectual property rights." The relevant heads of intellectual property protection division of the State Intellectual Property Office introduced that in 2020, the State Intellectual Property Office will continue to promote the work of national intellectual property protection assistance through strengthening top-level design, strengthening platform construction and strengthening work guidance, and achieved positive results.

"After the online service platform for intellectual property rights protection assistance in China is online, my" upset "finally has a foothold Zhang Zhiwei, manager of administrative department of Beijing Fubei ruran home Co., Ltd., told reporters that his company is a company engaged in wallpaper and cloth design sales, and often suffers from infringement of trademark and design patent, but the difficulty of rights protection and high litigation costs have made them look back. "After the platform is online, we can fill in the application items directly online, select the acceptance institution, and timely query the results of the right maintenance, which makes it more convenient to protect the rights!"

Zhang Zhiwei said that the online service platform for China's intellectual property rights protection assistance is an important measure for the State Intellectual Property Office to strengthen the integration of resources through information technology and facilitate the rights protection of the obligee. The platform preliminarily integrates the national rights protection assistance resources, and realizes the functions of online case acceptance, reply feedback, information submission and resource sharing. In 2020, the platform will publish 61 cases of rights protection at home and abroad, 112 National and local policies and regulations on rights protection assistance, 196 question and answer knowledge base for rights protection assistance, and 540000 visits to the website, which further facilitates the rights holders and the public.

In the past year, the system and system of intellectual property rights protection assistance have been continuously improved. In june2020, according to the new situation and new requirements, the State Intellectual Property Office issued the guidance on Further Strengthening the work of intellectual property rights protection assistance, and proposed to promote the construction of a work system of rights protection assistance, which is horizontal and vertical coordination, point-to-face combination and social governance, so as to realize the "one network" of intellectual property rights protection assistance such as patent, trademark, geographical indication, integrated circuit layout design and so on ”。 At present, there are more than 1000 aid agencies for the protection of rights in China, covering most of the country.

In order to better serve the public and the needs of innovation subject intellectual property protection, in 2020, under the guidance of the State Intellectual Property Office, the service network of rights protection assistance in various regions will continue to expand, with various highlights. Three service systems have been established in Beijing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Shandong, Hunan and other places. China (Shanghai) intellectual property rights protection assistance center has been stationed at China International Import Expo for three consecutive years. China (Ningbo) intellectual property protection center, in combination with relevant universities and service institutions, has launched the public service of "intellectual property assistance plan for small and medium sized and micro enterprises". All regions have issued policies and documents to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights and aid for the protection of rights, and promote the extension of the service system for the protection of rights to the grass-roots level.

The positive effect of intellectual property rights protection assistance is inseparable from the growing service team. At present, the State Intellectual Property Office has continuously promoted institutions of higher learning and social organizations to participate in the work of rights protection assistance, explore the mode of social co governance to strengthen the protection of intellectual property. The number of Universities Participating in the service of rights protection assistance has reached 194, social organizations 386, over 5200 volunteer people and 5100 experts in the protection of rights, and the social governance power of rights protection assistance is becoming more and more abundant.
In the past year, the coverage of intellectual property protection assistance has been gradually expanded and the service level has been improved. The system of intellectual property protection has been further improved, and the social satisfaction of intellectual property protection has been further improved. (reporter Li Qian)