PCCW Shanghai news (correspondent Liu Jingxiao) in Shanghai's Intellectual Property Office was founded, in the market channel development, the Yangtze River Delta region's intellectual property rights strategy, after the exchange with the Zhejiang University School of law, March 23rd, Beijing Pacific (Shanghai) Law Firm Intellectual Property Department Liu Yongpei, Wang Xiaobing, Liu Longyan and Liu Jingxiao visited the Soochow University School of law, the Legal Affairs Office of Suzhou began to develop business visit, the trip.

This picture is at the Soochow University and Professor Li Xiaowei after the exchange of

   Director Liu line first came to the Beijing Pacific (Shanghai) law firm Lu Yongkang lawyers met senior partner. Doing a simple AC, Professor Lee Xiao Wei Lu lawyers led us to visit the Soochow University Research Center for intellectual property rights, Soochow University.

    At the Soochow University, intellectual property office colleague went straight to the theme and Professor Li Suzhou overall intellectual property legal services and intellectual property protection status on exchange. Professor Li gave us a detailed analysis of the Suzhou intellectual property situation and enterprises attach importance to intellectual property, summarize Suzhou recently intellectual property services market characteristics are: 1) the government purchase service, namely Suzhou City Hall purchased the intellectual property rights to provide free service a large number of enterprises; 2) enterprises of intellectual property rights is not enough, only part of the high-tech enterprises have intellectual property protection consciousness; 3) Suzhou dominated by foreign-funded enterprises, and local enterprises ignore the protection of intellectual property rights, which leads to intellectual property services market weakness. At the same time, Professor Li also put forward to the Suzhou intellectual property service market. Later, Dr. Liu Yongpei the intellectual property department director to Professor Li introduced the plan to hold the Yangtze River Delta Forum of intellectual property in the Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Soochow University and other colleges and Universities Based on, and he's been a strong resonance professor li.          

   In the afternoon, Suzhou branch Lu Yongkang lawyer referral, the intellectual property department colleagues went to Suzhou to visit City Hall Legislative Affairs Office Director Hu Weihua. Interview to understand, in the national top 10 counties, Suzhou will have 5 seats. Hu director to talk about Suzhou, including intellectual property legal services, the legal service situation, from the perspective of the government as follows: 1) intellectual property legal services and legal service administrative law lack of problems; 2) Suzhou before "Introduction", now enterprises to "go out", but there are rules of the game state or region for China outside especially for the little intellectual property layout foreign giants known. This needs to be strengthened to nip in the bud, to achieve their business not tort and can fully protect the company's scientific and technological achievements. In addition, director Hu also suggested: intellectual property legal services may be appropriate to give attention to the surrounding counties and cities, legal services, the surrounding area also should not be underestimated.

   At the same time, the intellectual property department have met Feng Jian, director of Suzhou Municipal Intellectual Property Bureau policies and regulations department. Feng office to talk into the current Suzhou in the service of intellectual property has the following problems: 1) is badly in need of special services to the protection of intellectual property rights, but the market at present the various institutions of dragons and fishes jumbled together, service quality uneven, some good and some bad; 2) Suzhou City Intellectual Property Office to provide some basic services for the enterprises, but the enterprises "going out" after the high-end services do not have the ability to provide; 3) although Suzhou city in the number of patent applications and authorization number have come out in front, but such services are inadequate; 4) some enterprises in abroad, facing the predicament of the tort litigation of intellectual property. Intellectual Property Forum last in that we will and university cooperation held in Yangtze River Delta, von commissioner said very eager to improve the level of intellectual property protection of enterprises by the.

   From the Suzhou municipal legislative affairs office came out, the intellectual property department returned to the Suzhou branch and colleagues conducted a brief and honest communication. Good time is always short-lived, imperceptibly in a day gone, we had to walk home. But the day of the exchange and the discussion that we benefit a lot, urgency to our intellectual property legal services at the same time also work for the future full of confidence. The road ahead will be long, I shall search, Beijing Pacific (Shanghai) intellectual property law firm department colleagues will redouble our efforts, to provide high quality legal services.

(figure for the Shanghai Office of Wang Xiaobing lawyers and Suzhou office colleagues on intellectual property cases)

(Beijing Pacific (Shanghai) law firm intellectual property department in March 24, 2011)