China holds forum to stress IPR protection for Olympics

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China holds forum to stress IPR protection for Olympics

An Olympic Intellectual Property Rights Protection Forum was held in Beijing Friday to call for more protection for Olympic-related designs such as emblems and the mascot.

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An Olympic Intellectual Property Rights Protection Forum was held in Beijing Friday to call for more protection for Olympic-related designs such as emblems and the mascot.

The forum marked the second anniversary of the unveiling of Regulations on the Protection of the Olympic Marks, reported the China Daily on Saturday.

Officials from the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) vowed to highlight the importance of protecting Olympic intellectual property rights.

Since the implementation of the regulation, there have been 38 Olympic emblems registered at the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. The Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce has dealt with 144 violations and handed fines to the tune of 840,000 RMB yuan (101,000 US dollars) in the past two years, according to the China Daily.

To keep its promise of protecting the Olympic intellectual property rights, the BOCOG will continue its efforts to protect its intellectual property, officials said.

Those efforts include ongoing promotion about rights protectionas part of the Olympic cultural festivals and youth education, campaign, a marketing plan that includes only certified products, customer service, enhancing the rights protection on retail markets, advertising and export markets, and severely punishing violators, reported the newspaper.

Source: Xinhua

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