The 2019 Zhongguancun Forum-Intellectual Property Parallel Forum "How intellectual property enables high quality development", sponsored by the Beijing Municipal Intellectual Property Office, Zhongguancun Development Group and the Bank of Beijing; undertaken by Beijing Intellectual Property Management Corporation ("Beijing IP"); was held at the Zhongguancun Exhibition Center on Oct 16, 2019.
This Forum featured Internationalization, specialization and the role of leading. Through speeches, results releases, cooperation signing, keynote speeches and other forms, the experience and prospect of intellectual property helping to boost economic development. New ideas, methods and trends of intellectual property industry development was jointly discussed to better serve global scientific technological innovation and high-quality development.
Liang Chunhua, deputy director of the Intellectual Property Application Promotion Department of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, Xu Wei, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Intellectual Property Office, Liu Hang, deputy inspector of Zhongguancun administrative committee, Yao Shengli, deputy general manager of Zhongguancun Development Group, attended the Forum and gave speeches. Liang Chunhua, deputy director of the Intellectual Property Application Promotion Department of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, said that in recent years, the administration has adopted a series of measures in the protection of intellectual property to strengthen the Intellectual property to economic competitiveness. Xu Wei, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Intellectual Property Office, pointed out that Beijing regards the protection of intellectual property rights as a precondition for strengthening scientific and technological innovation, improving the quality of urban development, and enhancing the international influence of the capital. The government, enterprises, social organizations and the public have all participated in the protection of intellectual property rights, and have actively explored and practiced measures of intellectual property financial innovation to meet the needs of innovation and entrepreneurship subjects. Yao Shengli, deputy general manager of Zhongguancun Development Group, said that the group continues to pursue innovative development, and allocates innovative resources globally through parks, investment, finance, professional services and other means, promoting the transformation and industrialization of scientific and technological achievements.
The keynote speeches were the highlight of the forum. Speakers shared the lasted result of exploration and practice on "How intellectual property enables high quality development" in the global vision from the perspectives of intellectual property creation, protection, and application. The content of the speech plays a positive role in strengthening the awareness of intellectual property protection and improving the working ability of intellectual property of high-tech enterprises, universities, institutions and other subjects.
Lv Guoliang, former deputy director of the China Office of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and consultant of the WIPO China Office, gave a speech on "Global Intellectual Property Protection and Application Trends". Lv Guoliang
Xie Hongxing, director of the Bluetech Clean Air Alliance, made a speech on "Technology Innovation and Intellectual Property Protection in the Environmental Protection Industry". Mr. Xie introduced the importance of patent strategy to the development of the industry and the expansion of overseas market through the important cases in the patent field and the practical experience of BCAA. He stated“ according to the 2018 data, China has the world's largest new energy vehicle market, photovoltaic market and wind power market. Our research shows that China's clean air market will exceed 20 trillion yuan by 2030, and China will continue to become the world's largest clean technology market. However, many scientific research institutes and scientific and technological enterprises in the field of energy conservation and environmental protection in China have very limited knowledge of patents and cannot use patents as "weapons" to carry out effective commercial competition.
Grant Rodney Philpott, Chief Operating Officer of the European Patent Office (EPO), delivered a speech entitled "Ensure Legal Certainty through Commitment to High Quality Patented Products and Services". Philpott revealed the number and development trends of European patent applications and discussed the distribution of European patent applicants and a rapid path for them to follow. He also outlined the EPO's initiatives to improve the quality of patent examinations.
He Mingang, general manager of Beijing IP, delivered a speech entitled "Building of the Zhongguancun Intellectual Property Operation System under Global Vision". He pointed out that Zhongguancun is the birthplace of intellectual property operations in China. He deeply analyzed the advantages and foundations of Zhongguancun's intellectual property operation, and expressed his thoughts on Beijing's IP function positioning and future development direction of the current Zhongguancun intellectual property operation system.
Eiichi YAMAMOTO, head of the Intellectual Property Department of the Beijing Office of the Japan External Trade Organization, made a speech with the theme of "Japan's Intellectual Property Innovation Strategy". Yamamoto, illustrating his comments with actual cases, introduced the latest initiatives of Japan in terms of improving its intellectual property system, building a patent examination system, and supporting start-ups.
Dai Wei, Assistant President of the Bank of Beijing and Director of Corporate Operations, delivered a speech entitled "Activate intellectual assets and stimulate innovative momentum". Dai briefly introduced the basic situation of the Bank of Beijing and its experience and achievements in the intellectual property pledge loan business in recent years.
Sun Wei, Vice President of Legal Affairs and Chief Legal Officer of Xiaomi Group spoke on "Industry Change — Global Intellectual Property Strategy". Sun introduced the global "artificial intelligence +5G" industry development status and trend, and from the perspective of intellectual property rights, in-depth analysis of the industrial development problems, as well as to cope with the challenges of thinking.
During the conference, Chen jinchuan, vice President of Beijing intellectual property court, issued a summary of foreign-related intellectual property cases in Beijing intellectual property court. This release summarized the basic situation of the Beijing intellectual property court from its establishment in November 2014 to the trial of foreign-related intellectual property cases in the first half of 2019, statistically analyzed the relevant data and characteristics, reform measures and experience exploration for the trial of foreign-related cases, and the key direction for the next step.
As the official partner of WIPO GREEN Project of the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization, Bluetech Clean Air Alliance is highlighting the need to promote patent awareness in the field of green technology, cultivation of high-value patents, transformation of scientific and technological achievements and international transfer, so that our green technology industry can be truly strengthened and expand.
