Shanghai Pudong Intellectual Property Administration (short as Pudong IPA) was founded on November 16, 2014, and put into running on January 1st, 2015. The newly-found authority embarks on taking raid actions at the East China Fair, which was handled by Huamu Office, Pudong Branch of Shanghai AIC.
Entrusted by the IPR holders, we were engaged with the new authority to conduct raid actions at the Fair from March 1st to March 5th. This text, based upon our practical experience, concludes the influences brought about after the law-enforcement authority changes.
I. Key Points
We hereby summarize the changes and impacts when the law-enforcement authority is turned into Pudong IPA.
No law-enforcement officers in charge of the raid actions are stood by at the Fair
It is the Pudong IPA, instead of Huamu Office that takes charge of the complaints.
Pudong IPA works to enforce raid actions during the exhibition.
Pudong IPA is short-handed in manpower, and has difficulty in handling if the cases pile up.
Complaint materials remain unchanged
II. Background Information
1. About the East China Fair
Founded in year 1991, supported by the Ministry of Commerce of PRC, the East China Fair is co-hosted by 9 Provinces on a yearly basis from March 1 to 5, following by Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Nanjing City and Ningbo City. At present it is the national trading fair with the largest scale, most customers, the most extensive radiation and the highest regional turnover.
The 25th East China Fair is held during March 1 to 5 at Shanghai New International Expo Center (No.2345 at Longyang Rd, Pudong District, Shanghai)
Official East China Fair Website:http://www.ecf.gov.cn/index.aspx
2. Shanghai Pudong Intellectual Property Administration
On November 16, 2014, Shanghai Pudong IPA was founded and formally put into use on January 1, 2015. It is China’s first authority combined administration with law-enforcement capacity in terms of the patent, trademark, copyright.
Picture from: http://www.pdipa.gov.cn/Article/201412/201412190014.shtml
With the official launch of the Shanghai Pudong Intellectual Property Administration, the work of on-site raid action at the East China Fair, which was formerly carried out by the Huamu branch office of the AIC of Shanghai Pudong New Area is now transferred to Pudong Intellectual Property Administration.
3. A comparison between the situations before and after the change of the law enforcement department
A detailed comparison between the situations before and after the change of the law enforcement department was listed in the table below, which will give you a rough idea of the differences between this session of ECF and the former sessions.
We will continue to monitor the official operation of the Pudong Intellectual Property Administration for its impact on administrative raid cases outside the trade fair, and we will keep you posted on the new trends.
Written by:BOB Intellectual Property Service Ltd.
Brand Protection Division Client Service Department
2015-03-25