By Sun Jiejing
On the morning of January 4, the Inauguration Ceremony of the Intellectual Property Supervision and Administration Office of Hongkou District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau was held in the (Shanghai) International Innovation Industry Base of the Chinese Academy of Science. Rui Wenbiao, chief of the Party group and director of the municipal intellectual property bureau, and Zheng Hong, deputy governor of Hongkou District, attended and unveiled the Intellectual Property Supervision and Administration Office. Yang Hui, deputy director of the municipal intellectual property office, attended the ceremony.
It is reported that after the establishment of the office, it will, focusing on the three major functions: the protection and management of intellectual property, the promotion of intellectual property development, and the publicity and training of intellectual property, mainly undertake the duties of rapid right protection and collaborative protection related to handling and appealing, dispute mediation and legal consultation of intellectual property cases of key enterprises at the North Bund area, and it will be responsible for the protection work of trademarks, patents and geographical signs. Meanwhile, it will further enhance the capabilities of creation, application and management of intellectual property in high-end industries such as shipping, finance, 5G industry and e-commerce at the North Bund.
On that day, city and district officials also discussed with some enterprises, such as (Shanghai) International Innovation Industry Base of Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai Research Institute of Materials, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, and Shanghai Zongyou Network Technology Co., Ltd., in a bid to understand their hopes and suggestions for the intellectual property work in Hongkou.
Before the discussion, Rui Wenbiao and his entourage visited the 5G Global Innovation Harbor, Raffles City at the North Bund and (Shanghai) International Innovation Industry Base of Chinese Academy of Science respectively to learn about the new round of construction at the North Bund.