NEWS
China targets online infringers in IP crackdown clampdowns
The Chinese government is set to launch a series of
relating to online
infringement as part of its latest bid to improve IP enforcement.
The nationwide campaign will focus on tackling deceptive
shutting down websites which host illegal videos and music.
Tighter measures will also be implemented on internet service providers and domain name registrations, according to a release by the State Council General Office.
Despite focusing predominantly on online issues, the office also pledges to target patent infringement and ensure trade secrets and geographical indications are better protected.
The release, issued on April 14, also urged for the revision of relevant laws and regulations to
facilitate the crackdown, adding that
any companies violating IP laws could be blacklisted.
China will also widen consultations on IP rights with the US and European countries as well as cooperate with other members of the BRICS group.
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The so-called BRICS are the five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The announcement is the latest effort by Chinese officials to improve its enforcement of IP rights.
Earlier this year, sister publication WIPR reported that nearly 60,000 people suspected of committing IP infringement were arrested in China in 2013.
In November last year a government proposal said the country was considering implementing a dedicated IP court.
UK IP adviser calls for a permanent IP police unit
The UK Prime Minister’s specialist IP adviser has called for a temporary police unit dedicated to fighting IP crime to be made permanent.
Mike Weatherley, a Conservative Member of Parliament, has said the Police IP Crime Unit (PIPCU) should be given the support to operate beyond 2015, when its funding is due to run out.
Based at the City of London Police headquarters, PIPCU has already arrested several people involved in selling and producing counterfeit items.
In March, it launched the infringing website list, an online portal providing the advertising sector with a list of copyright-infringing websites in a bid to stop sites engaged in piracy making advertising revenue.
T e unit was launched last year and will be supported by the UK Intellectual Property Offi ce until 2015. Weatherley, appointed as an IP adviser last year, has written to Prime Minister David
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Cameron and Home Secretary T eresa May calling on them to secure its long-term funding.
In the letter, Weatherley said he “appreciated” that its future was not permanent but that would like to “put on record” his support for committing future funding.
He added: “PIPCU is a fantastic scheme that I really hope will get secure financial backing, which will help our long-term strategy to tackle IP crime.”
The two-year funding scheme for PIPCU will cost about £2.56 million ($4.2 million).
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