China Takes Special Measures For Expo IPR

Gan Shaoning, the deputy director of the China's State Intellectual Property Office, has disclosed to the media that SIPO will provide two relief channels for intellectual property protection for the World Expo 2010.
According to Gan, the first relief channel is judiciary relief, which is to protect the intellectual property rights of the World Expo through civil or criminal litigation, and the second is administrative relief which means that the copyright departments will protect the intellectual property of the World Expo according to the relevant laws.
It is said that eight Chinese departments including SIPO, the Ministry of Public Security, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the National Copyright Administration of China, have jointly released a circular on the special campaign for the protection of the intellectual property of World Expo 2010. To make sure the circular is obeyed in full, the General Administration of Press and Publication and SIPO have issued another document asking for a rapid response system to be set up for the protection of intellectual property rights relating to the World Expo.