BEIJING - China has recently issued a circular on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) protection for exhibits which will go into effect on March 3, 2006, Xinhuanet reported.
The circular was jointly issued by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration for Industry of Commerce of China, the National Copyright Administration of China, and the State Intellectual Property Office.
According to the circular, exhibition organizers should strengthen IPRs protection of exhibits and intensify their efforts to uproot activities such as cribbing, counterfeiting, forging and pirating copyrights on all kinds of exhibitions and fairs.
An office should be established by exhibition organizers to handle complaints about IPRs. Such office is to hear cases involving IPRs infringement, including those for patents, trademarks, and copyrights.