Three Drafts of Revised Chinese Copyright Law Advised by Experts Have Been Finished

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It is reported by the Legal Daily, a new advancement of the third revision of the Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China revised in 2010 ( “ 2010 Copyright Law”) has achieved recently since the commencement of revision on 13th July, 2011. The three drafts for revisions advised by experts entrusted by the office of the leading group in charge of legislation revision have been completed.

It is said that the three drafts are separately drafted by the Intellectual Property Right Research Center of Chinese Academic and Social Science, Intellectual Property Right Research Center of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law and the School of Intellectual Property of Renmin University of China.

The National Copyright Administration recently has held a panel report meeting regarding to the draft of revised Copyright Law advised by the experts as the first meeting for revisions of laws, in which, the deputy chief of the National Copyright Administration, Mr. Yan Xiaohong entrusted by the chief, Mr. Liu Binjie put forward requirements of the following work for revision. In Mr. Yan’s speech, he says it needs to summarize the three drafts as soon as possible to speed up the process of revision to make a draft of Copyright Law to be submitted to the State Council. The principle of transparency should be insisted in to establish a smooth communication system with the society and collect various advices from the society, especially the right owners and industry community.

Bridge IP Law Commentary thinks, with the development of the economic market, China has speeded up the revision of laws on Intellectual Property. Currently the revision of the Patent Law has completed, and now the revision of Copyright Law and Trademark Law is in process. (for our related posts, please CLICK HERE)

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