Illegal manufacture of counterfeit bearings sold abroad

April 26 was the World Intellectual Property Day. The reporter learned that the number of patent applications in Huangdao District has ranked second in Shandong Province and first in Qingdao City. Meanwhile, Huangdao District is also the most numerous and most functional of the national economic parks in Shandong Peninsula. In the entire region, the People’s Court of Huangdao District was also granted jurisdiction over intellectual property cases in November 2013 and became the second-level court in Qingdao with jurisdiction over intellectual property protection. At present, the Intellectual Property Division of the People's Court of Huangdao District has accepted 3 IPR cases involving copyright protection and trademark protection.

At 9:00 on April 21, an alleged sale of counterfeited registered trademarks was heard in the Huangdao District Court. This is also the first case since the establishment of the intellectual property court. According to reports, the defendant Zhang was commissioned by a company in Turkey to manufacture counterfeit brand bearings and was seized by Huangdao Customs when it was sold abroad. After identification, the counterfeit registered trademark price reached 106,912 US dollars. At present, the case is still in the process of trial.

The reporter learned that in recent years, Huangdao District's annual patent applications and authorizations have grown at a rate of 80%, and the number of annual patent applications has leapt to second place in Shandong Province and Qingdao City. At the same time, Huangdao District is the region with the largest number and most complete functions in the national economic park in Shandong Peninsula. It has five international-level economic parks and five provincial-level economic parks. In response to the increase in the ownership of intellectual property, the number of intellectual property disputes also showed a trend of multiple occurrences. According to statistics, in the past five years, the number of intellectual property cases that entered the litigation process in Huangdao District has exceeded 100 annually. In March of this year, the Intellectual Property Division of the People's Court of Huangdao District was formally established. Six judges with professional background in law, master's degree, and experienced judges were selected to formally accept intellectual property protection cases. Wang Guangjin, party secretary of the Huangdao Court, said: “Huangdao Court obtained the first instance jurisdiction over intellectual property disputes, marking the further improvement of the West Coast intellectual property protection system, encouraging independent innovation, optimizing the investment environment, and ensuring the sustainable development of high-tech enterprises. It is of great significance and provides a strong judicial guarantee for West Coast technological innovation."

“In contrast to past criminal cases involving intellectual property rights that are handled by the criminal court, the intellectual property court has uniformly accepted intellectual property civil, administrative and criminal cases and used intellectual property rights to try the “triple play” mechanism to integrate intellectual property trial resources.” Huangdao District People’s Court Li Hongsong, a judge of the Intellectual Property Division, told reporters, “The characteristics of the intellectual property court is that we must go out to handle cases and we must take the initiative to understand business needs. The trial of intellectual property rights is responsible for promoting the development of innovative economy and promoting the transformation and upgrading of economic structure. Important responsibility."

At present, the Intellectual Property Division of the People’s Court of Huangdao District is in communication with the public security, industry and commerce, and customs departments to establish a three-dimensional intellectual property protection network, coordinate the resolution of various intellectual property disputes, and announce the status of annual intellectual property protection at the end of the year. Typical Cases and Suggestions White Paper to enhance the judicial protection of intellectual property.