May 2011, Beijing

29 November - 3 December 2010, Quanzhou and Nanchang

IPR2 co-operated with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) to implement a further two training sessions on the management of intellectual property for officials from local departments responsible for addressing the needs of industry, including IP support services. Some 200 representatives of local Productivity Promotion Centres (PPCs) and industry were trained on the use of tools to help develop IP management strategies, specifically to build SMEs’ capacity to understand how to legally use, valorise and protect IPRs.

Finland, France and UK, 25 October-3 November 2010

IPR2 supported a study tour to Europe for 6 senior officials from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and related agencies on the development of innovation and technology transfer policies and their implementation and facilitation, as part of building up the legal use of third party technologies in Europe and China in the medium and long term. 

13-15 October 2010, Shanghai and Ningbo

In co-operation with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), IPR2 held a seminar and successive workshop on IP issues and technology transfer. Some 250 policy makers, local officials, technology transfer officers, academics and industry representatives at the seminar in Shanghai, and some 100 at the workshop in Ningbo discussed their experiences in drafting policies to encourage innovation and the transfer of knowledge and technologies, as well as the mechanisms, paths of sustained technology transfer and IP related issues.

14 October 2010, Beijing

Renmin University commemorated the 100-year anniversary of China’s Copyright Law with a forum on the evolution of the Chinese Copyright system. The International Forum on the Centennial of Chinese Copyright Legislation provided an opportunity to reflect on the historical experience of the copyright system, highlight recent adjustments to the new media and online environment and long-term reflections on the protection of traditional culture; as well as draw comparisons between systems in other countries and international developments in general.

24-25 June, Qingdao and 28-29 June 2010, Xiamen

IPR2 continued its co-operation with the Ministry of Information Industry and Technology (MIIT) with the implementation of two training sessions on IP management for officials from local departments responsible for servicing industry, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as representatives of industry. More than 120 officials and companies were introduced to tools to help build a strategic IP management approach, relevant to their work in supporting SMEs’ capacity to understand how to legally use, valorise and protect IPRs and developing a sustainable IP environment.

6-7 April 2010, Guangzhou 

IPR2 co-operated with the College of Intellectual Property of Jinan University in holding a training on the latest developments of IPR in the context of globalisation. The training gathered experts from Europe and China across various faculties to review recent developments in IP protection around the world, including IP litigation trends, experience of enterprises in advanced countries in IPR management and IPR protection and strategies of protection in emerging countries. It addressed IP professionals in Guangdong province, including judges, lawyers, academia, government officials, and graduate students from the IP College and the College of Economics at Jinan University; with the aim of increasing local awareness of IPR protection and promoting IPR protection work among companies in the Pearl River Delta.  

15-19 March 2010, Beijing and 22-23 March 2010, Shanghai

IPR2, in co-operation with the Institute for International Intellectual Property of Peking University and Tongji University hosted a training session for patent judges, officials from the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) and patent professionals on recent developments in the European and German patent systems. 

2-13 March 2010, Germany, Belgium and Sweden

IPR2 supported a study tour for 5 senior officials from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) on the management of intellectual property in Science and Technology programmes. The Department of Laws and Regulation of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the P. R. China (MOST), headed by Ms Lin Xin, Division Director General in the Department of Laws and Regulations visited EU and Member State ministries, technology transfer agencies, public and private sector institutions and industry in Munich, Bonn, Brussels and Stockholm. The study tour aimed to inform MOST on the function and use of IPRs, in order to build its IP management capabilities towards developing a more transparent, predictable IP environment and intensified legal use of IP.

23-31 January 2010, France and Germany

A delegation of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) officials completed a study tour to France and Germany, with the support of IPR2, meeting with standardisation bodies, industry and academia on the technical issues that exist between IP rights and standards.

25-30 January 2010, Xiamen

IPR2 organised an in-depth training for ground-level enforcement officials on substantive and procedural law related to administrative patent enforcement in China, in co-operation with the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) and Xiamen University's  IP Institute. The 4-day training helped to build the capacity of 20 enforcement officials from the local IP Offices of 4 provinces on the administrative patent enforcement system as well as on patent protection at customs and trade fairs, contributing to their daily work in handling patent infringement cases. 

18-20 September 2009, Beijing

The China Europe School of Law (CESL) is hosting a training course for IP professionals on European Intellectual Property Law in co-operation with IPR2. The three-day training will provide an overview of European IP law, its protection and enforcement in Europe and aims to improve the knowledge of Chinese professionals involved in legal and business transactions with Europe to enable successful outbound business transactions involving IP issues.

18-20, Xi’an, 21-23, Jiangyin and 25-27 May 2009, Beijing 

IPR2 supported the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in implementing a second series of training sessions on IP management, to promote exchanges on best practices of IP management and to enhance the capacity of Chinese and European authorities in managing IP.

23-24 March, Shanghai and 26-27 March 2009, Fuzhou

IPR2 supported training for 120 local enforcement officials, in co-operation with the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) and the Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration in Shanghai and the Fujian Intellectual Property Office in Fuzhou. Practicing patent lawyers and judges talked about the legal framework for enforcement of invention/utility model patents and design patents in relation to real-world patent infringement cases and a comparative analysis of the respective systems in China and Europe. 

17 December 2008, Beijing

A Symposium on the “Opportunity and Challenge of Intellectual Property in the New Economy Era” took place at Peking University on 17 December 2008, partly supported by IPR2. At the same time, the Symposium launched Peking University’s Institute for International Intellectual Property. The occasion was referred to by several of the eminent international and Chinese academics and practitioners present as an “historic event” which will be seen as significant to the progress of the Chinese economy and which has a key role in contributing to the vision of an IP system led by law.

4-11 December 2008, UK, Belgium, Germany

IPR2 supported a study tour by senior officials from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) to London, Brussels and Munich to engage the relevant authorities, standardisation bodies, industry and academia in a comprehensive dialogue on the technical issues that exist between IP rights and standards, as part of working together towards fostering equilibrium between standards and IPRs.   

10-11 and 13-14 November 2008, Shanghai and Guangzhou

IPR2 supported the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in implementing a series of training sessions on IP management, to promote exchanges on best practices of IP management, in particular with respect to ICT-related issues and to enhance the capacity of Chinese and European authorities in managing IP.