MOC: Data of IP Infringement Law Enforcement of this 1st Quarter in China

By You Yunting

The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) reported on 12^th the latest progress of the combat against the IPR infringement and knockoff production in 2012 in China. And today’s post is mainly about part of the data released on the conference.

By the preliminary statistics, during this January to April, the commerce law enforcement departments nationwide have investigated and punished those involved in 78,773 cases of intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement and counterfeits, with the money involved of 1, 810 million yuan, 44,371 settled , 1, 016 transferred to the judicial organ and 4,065 dens for counterfeit manufacture are smashed. Also during the period, the public security department investigated 7, 140 cases of infringement and counterfeits, with 9, 305 suspects were arrested and 161. 1 million yuan is involved. During January to April, the procuratorate approved the arrestment in 1, 743 infringement or counterfeits cases and on 3, 289 individuals, and prosecuted 2, 516 cases and 4, 870 individuals. And also in the same period, 2, 586 criminal cases relating to the IPR infringement and counterfeits are filed in the courts throughout the nation, 2, 021 were settled and 3, 170 individuals are covered by the effective sentences.

Among the cases, the Ministry of Commerce launched a special law enforcement action against the counterfeit of production goods in the spring ploughing, and for March solely, there filed 5, 111 cases. The General Administration of Custom filed 2, 504 cases with the money amount involved of 54 million yuan from January to April. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine filed 16, 301 cases during this January to April with the money amount of 674 million yuan involved.

The Ministry of Culture launched the special action on the protection of cosmic products, cleaning and handling the unapproved illegal-operating music websites, and in the period from January to April, it filed 3, 772 cases and settled 2, 545 cases. The General Administration of Press and Publication cleaned and handled disc copying company, and during January to April, it filed 229 cases. The Intellectual Property Office carried out the law enforcement on exhibition patent, and filed cases of 827 during January to April and settled 734 cases. The State Food and Drug Administration and other departments took special action on the illegal purchase and sale of drugs on the Internet and regulation on the production and distribution, and filed 10, 219 cases during January to April and settled 8, 366 cases. As to the administration of industry and commerce, its enforcement mainly focused on the management of the alcoholic beverage market, and thereby filed 38, 189 cases during January to April with the amount involved of 930 million yuan.

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