Release of Typical Cases of Intellectual Property Rights Administrative Protection in 2020
To thoroughly implement the decisions and deployments of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on comprehensively strengthening intellectual property protection, guide the improvement of case handling quality and efficiency, effectively deter illegal acts of intellectual property, and actively create a good business environment, during the 2021 National Intellectual Property Publicity Week, the National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) released the typical cases of intellectual property administrative protection in 2020.
After case selection, online voting, and expert review, the NIPA finally selected the top ten typical cases of patent administrative protection and the top ten typical cases of trademark administrative protection in 2020. Among them, patent cases cover three types of patents: invention, utility model, and design. Case types involve administrative adjudication of patent infringement disputes, investigation and handling of patent counterfeiting, and mediation of patent ownership and inventor qualification disputes; trademark cases cover commodity trademarks, service trademarks, and collective trademarks of geographical indications. Case types involve investigation and handling of trademark infringement and counterfeiting, general trademark violations, and infringement of well-known trademarks and other illegal acts. These typical cases are highly representative, attract considerable attention, and have a significant impact, demonstrating the achievements made in recent years in China in comprehensively strengthening intellectual property protection, giving full play to the advantages of administrative protection, effectively deterring illegal acts, and continuously optimizing the innovation and business environment.
The "McGee" case among the ten typical cases announced was handled by Guangzhou Zhongbei Company. This case is a typical case of trademark intellectual property protection in 2020 by the State Administration for Market Regulation, one of the top ten typical cases of the NIPA, and one of the top ten typical cases of cross-judicial administrative arbitration and mediation in Guangzhou's intellectual property protection.
