2/21/09

Shanghai IPR Joint Conference members visits the Bureau

The members from the Shanghai Intellectual Property Rights Joint Conference
Zhou Hanmin, deputy director of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai Executive Committee, delivers a speech on the meeting
Deputy director of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai Executive Committee, also deputy director general of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination Shanghai Zhou Hanmin yesterday morning met Shanghai Intellectual Property Rights Joint Conference (Shanghai IPR Joint Conference) members, headed by director general of Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration, Chen Zhixing.
Zhou reviewed the progress of Expo 2010's intellectual property protection after the successful bidding. He also revealed plans of intellectual property rights protection plan in the final stage of preparation and during the Expo 2010 such as establishing IPR protection volunteers teams and more public protection promotions.
The protection work needs the support from related state and city-level authorities to build a healthier intellectual property market, he added.
Shanghai Intellectual Property Rights Joint Conference was founded in 2004 and consists of all the major administrative authorities in Shanghai related to IPR issues. The organization has 23 formal member units and 8 other participating members.
The conference's member units which attended yesterday's meeting included Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau , Shanghai Copyright Bureau, Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration, Shanghai Customs and the Shanghai Greenery and Public Sanitation Bureau.
Intellectual property administration chief Chen said that the administration and the other member units of the Conference will fully support the intellectual property protection of Expo 2010.
The attendees of the meeting also talked about details of protecting IPRs of Expo 2010, including enhance market inspection and law enforcement. They also discussed promotional works for protecting Expo-related IPRs on April 26, the IPR Day in China.


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