2018年CRI China moves on trial reform of IPR cases

 

Chinese authorities have unveiled new guidelines for improving the procedures surrounding intellectual property rights (IPR) cases.

The new document is China's first one specially¹ designed for IPR trials.

The reform plan released by the State Council and the CPC Central Committee is said to be designed to increase the effectiveness of China's IPR protection and credibility of IPR trials.

Under the new rules, trials in IPR cases have to take into account international conditions, with the document saying that IPR infringement² must be curbed³.

Detailed⁴ measures include the creation of a compensation system for IPR infringement, increasing the number of IPR courts and recruiting more talent into the sector⁵.

Tao Kaiyuan, vice⁶ president of China's Supreme⁷ Court, says the new guidelines will significantly improve the way China handles IPR cases.

"The new document has clarified the guidelines, basic principles, the target of the reforms, and the key measures in the trial procedures for intellectual property rights cases in the New Era. It has solidified⁸ judicial⁹ work by improving the theories, working system, and organization in the field of intellectual property rights, providing a blueprint¹⁰ for the development of the sector."

IPR courts are currently established in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Tao Kaiyuan says the legal system needs to have the ultimate say when it comes to intellectual property rights protections.

"It complies with the nature of the judiciary system as well as the working law in the intellectual property rights sector that the judiciary plays a leading role in protecting intellectual property rights, which also showcases the governing principle of "rule of law". The guidelines will lead the development of the sector, and make the protection of intellectual property rights more effective, complete, authoritative¹¹, and more concrete."

Over the past five years, around one-in-five IPR cases accepted by Chinese courts have involved foreign parties, mostly from the US and the European Union.

The vice president of the Supreme Court says the new regulations should provide the international community with more confidence in IPR protection in China.

"China's courts have closed about 20 percent of intellectual property rights cases that were accepted. That number has reached 30 percent when it comes to cases closed by the Beijing Intellectual Property Court. For many cases, both parties concerned are from other countries. They trust us. Intellectual property rights holders¹² are more willing to file their cases in China, especially in those intellectual property courts."

Chinese courts accepted over 200-thousand IPR cases last year, a 40 percent increase compared with 2016.

1 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

2 infringement   

n.违反；侵权

参考例句：

• Infringement of this regulation would automatically rule you out of the championship.违背这一规则会被自动取消参加锦标赛的资格。
• The committee ruled that the US ban constituted an infringement of free trade.委员会裁定美国的禁令对自由贸易构成了侵犯

3 curbed   

v.限制，克制，抑制( curb的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Advertising aimed at children should be curbed. 针对儿童的广告应受到限制。 来自辞典例句
• Inflation needs to be curbed in Russia. 俄罗斯需要抑制通货膨胀。 来自辞典例句

4 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

5 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

8 solidified   

（使）成为固体，（使）变硬，（使）变得坚固( solidify的过去式和过去分词 )； 使团结一致； 充实，巩固； 具体化

参考例句：

• Her attitudes solidified through privilege and habit. 由于特权和习惯使然，她的看法变得越来越难以改变。
• When threatened, he fires spheres of solidified air from his launcher! 当危险来临，他就会发射它的弹药！

9 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

10 blueprint   

n.蓝图，设计图，计划；vt.制成蓝图，计划

参考例句：

• All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
• The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。

11 authoritative   

adj.有权威的，可相信的；命令式的；官方的

参考例句：

• David speaks in an authoritative tone.大卫以命令的口吻说话。
• Her smile was warm but authoritative.她的笑容很和蔼，同时又透着威严。

12 holders   

支持物( holder的名词复数 )； 持有者； （支票等）持有人； 支托（或握持）…之物

参考例句：

• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。