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SUBJECT: A ROUNDUP OF IPR PROTECTION IN SHANGHAI
REF: SHANGHAI 314
SHANGHAI 00000315 001.2 OF 007
¶1. (SBU) Summary: Shanghai is one of the bright spots in
intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in East China and
is squarely focused on putting it best foot forward for the 2010
World Expo. In 2008, the city beefed up its IP strategy in
keeping with the June 2008 National IP Strategy; it also
developed a strategy specifically for protecting IP during the
Expo. Shanghai has also taken the lead on IPR coordination
between the city's IP-related agencies and with the neighboring
provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu. In April, Shanghai hosted a
first ever joint roll-out of IPR white papers with Zhejiang and
Jiangsu. Shanghai administrative agencies continue to implement
IPR programs and intensify enforcement actions, indicating its
seriousness regarding IP protection. Shanghai courts, which
receive high marks from the U.S. business community for their
professionalism, transparency, and fairness, are attracting
large numbers of both foreign and domestic rights litigants.
However, counterfeit markets, pirated optical discs, and
internet-based piracy continue to be a growing problem in the
city. Although Shanghai and other local jurisdictions do not
have a perfect record on IPR, recognition of their
accomplishments in USG reports, such as the 301 Report, provide
a powerful incentive for change. The following report is taken
from a series of meetings with IP administrative, judicial,
enforcement officials from April to July 2009. End Summary.
IP Environment and Strategy in Shanghai
--------------------------------------
¶2. (SBU) As Shanghai's economy evolves from low-tech
manufacturing to service and R&D intensive industries,
Shanghai's authorities have increasingly emphasized the need to
protect IPR in order to promote innovation. Since 2004,
Shanghai has been using the "Outline of Shanghai Intellectual
Property Strategy" as its basic guiding document on IPR. In
2008, the city supplemented the existing IP strategy to bring it
into conformance with the June 2008 "Outline of the National
Intellectual Property Strategy" issued by the State Council.
After seeking public comment, Shanghai issued the document
"Several Decisions on the Implementation of the Outline of the
National Intellectual Property Strategy" in September, 2008.
The new strategy focused on eight main aspects: "improving local
IP laws and regulations, promoting IP creation and application,
strengthening IP protection, enhancing IP administration,
developing IP services, training more IP talent, promoting
construction of IP culture, and broadening domestic and overseas
communication and cooperation on IP issues." In addition to the
new strategy, it also created an IP work plan in preparation for
the 2010 World Expo. The city published a booklet entitled the
"Intellectual Property Protection Manual for World Exposition
2010 Shanghai China", which provides a short guide for the
general public on how to protect IP during the Expo. Shanghai
IP Administration authorities noted that the city is especially
intent on protecting the "Hai Bao" (Sea Treasure) symbol of the
Expo, similar to what was done in Beijing during the 2008 Summer
Olympics for mascots Bei, Jing, Huan, Ying and Ni.
Serious About Coordination
--------------------------
¶3. (SBU) Shanghai prides itself in its coordination effort,
both among city IP-related agencies and with neighboring
provinces. Within Shanghai, coordination is done via the
Shanghai Intellectual Property Joint Council (Lianxi Huiyi), a
body made up of a wide range of administrative, enforcement and
judicial organs (reftel). Shanghai authorities report the
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Council meets several times a year. In September 2008, the
Council met to discuss implementation of the new Shanghai
strategy. As a result of the meeting, authorities specified 52
different tasks to improve local IP protection. In addition,
all Council member agencies were requested to incorporate the
contents of the new IP strategy into their own work plans the
following year.
¶4. (SBU) Shanghai also has taken the lead on coordinating IP
issues with neighboring jurisdictions. For the first time ever,
Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang held a joint-IP whitepaper
roll-out in Shanghai in April 2009. The event was well
organized and attended and featured administrative, judicial and
enforcement officials from the respective jurisdictions. U.S.
rights holders also regularly compliment Shanghai IP authorities
for their assistance in transferring cases to neighboring
jurisdictions. One U.S. company reported that the Shanghai PSB
drove the company representatives to meet with Jiangsu PSB
authorities when it became clear the IP infringement involved
that province. Shanghai authorities themselves report that they
regularly transfer cases because the economies of the region are
so closely knit. However, coordination outside the immediate
East China region is more sporadic.
Shanghai Courts Tackle IPR
--------------------------
¶5. (SBU) The court system in Shanghai is increasingly becoming
a venue of choice for both foreign and domestic rights holders.
American businesses consistently praise Shanghai courts for
their high level of transparency, consistency and expertise. In
2003, Shanghai courts implemented a system to increase
transparency through publishing IP-related cases on the
Internet. Building on its reputation as high caliber center for
judicial IP protection, Shanghai took a number of measures in
late 2008 to highlight and strengthen its judicial capabilities.
On October 29, 2008 Shanghai held a ceremony for the
establishment of the Shanghai Intellectual Property Arbitration
Court with the support of the Shanghai IP Administration and the
Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SAC). By establishing a
special IP Arbitration Court, Shanghai hopes to gain a similar
reputation for its arbitration abilities. In November 2008,
Shanghai highlighted its judicial IP work with several separate
events: a press conference to outline the initiative and
summarize Shanghai courts' accomplishments in IPR protection,
public IP trials, the announcement of judgments on several high
profile IP cases, and a meeting to highlight judicial efforts on
enforcing China's National IP Strategy.
¶6. (SBU) As in other regions of China, IPR judges tend to be
the most educated members of the Chinese judiciary, although
their docket only makes up a small percentage of total civil or
criminal litigation. According to media reports, all judges
dealing with IPR cases in Shanghai hold university degrees and
about 60 percent hold masters degrees. In a June 3 meeting,
Shanghai High Court officials said there are 10 judges in the
High Court who handle IP cases, with the senior IP judge having
15 years of experience. Including lower courts, there are 48
judges in Shanghai handling IP cases. The Shanghai High Court
said that of the 48 judges, three have doctorate degrees (two of
whom are seated in the Shanghai High Court), six judges have
technical backgrounds, and 20 judges have been educated
overseas. Shanghai has also established the Shanghai Judges
Training Center, which holds one or two training courses on IPR
every year to enhance judges' IPR-related knowledge.
SHANGHAI 00000315 003.2 OF 007
¶7. (SBU) Shanghai High Court officials noted that there has
been a marked increase in IP-related cases. They speculate that
under the current economic downturn, as profits decrease,
companies have been stepping up their efforts to recover losses
from IP infringements. The Shanghai High Court reported that 50
percent of all IP-related cases are copyright-related, 30
percent are patent and trademark cases, and the remaining 20
percent involve trade secrets and unfair competition. Among
cases accepted in 2008, 231 involved foreigners.
Foreign-related IPR cases in Shanghai last year made up
approximately 15.2 percent of all IPR-related cases, compared to
the national average of approximately 3.5 percent.
¶8. (SBU) In total, Shanghai courts accepted 1,757 IPR civil
cases in 2008, of which 1,634 were settled, an increase of 43.1
percent and 33.2 percent respectively over 2007. Shanghai
courts also accepted 79 criminal cases and closed 81. This
represents an 11.3 percent increase in the number of cases
accepted and a 14.1 percent increase in the number of closures
over 2007. In 2008, Shanghai's courts accepted over 600 online
infringement cases of first instance, accounting for more than
40 percent of the total cases accepted. This represents an
increase of 200 percent over 2007. In 2008, Luwan People's Court
set up an IP Tribunal. The Shanghai Number 2 Intermediate
People's Court established the first Anti-monopoly Collegiate
Bench in the country.
¶9. (SBU) Shanghai has now implemented a combined trial model,
which integrates all basic level courts in Shanghai with IP
tribunals, and handles civil, administrative and criminal IP
cases. The model was based on a trial model at the Pudong
District Court in Shanghai, which established the combined
system in 2000. From 2001 through March of 2008, this tribunal
handled 602 civil cases and 44 criminal cases. (Comment: While
we welcome Shanghai courts' more vigorous protection of IP, the
trend towards establishing more basic-level courts to resolve
IPR cases is, in some respects, a move in the opposite direction
of U.S. interests -- to encourage a national-level appellate IPR
court to minimize local protectionism and influence. Currently,
with cases heard at an intermediate level, a case can be
appealed only to the provincial high court, and the litigant has
no right to have the case heard in a province outside of the
province where the case was originally heard. End comment.)
Shanghai IP Administrative Efforts
----------------------------------
¶10. (SBU) The Shanghai IP Administration (SIPA), which not only
functions as the receiving agency for patents, but is also the
lead IP coordinating agency, continues to be a strong partner
and ally of the Consulate. The IP Administration reaches out to
the Consulate on a regular basis, eliciting suggestions and
inviting the Consulate to participate in events. Recently SIPA
has focused much of its efforts on setting up the "Shanghai
Information Service Platform", which will enable all Shanghai
IP-related agencies to share information and provide improved
service to rights holders. Most importantly the platform will
link IP administrative enforcement and criminal enforcement to
facilitate the transfer of cases. Phase I of the operation has
already started a trial operation. The Shanghai IP
Administration noted that it is also focused on creating an
"Intellectual Property Experimental Park", exploring new models
for patent trusteeship, and providing improved IP services for
local SMEs. Regarding its patent load, SIPA accepted 23 patent
dispute cases in 2008 (a decrease of 45.2 percent over 2007).
Of these, it closed 31 cases (a decrease of 31.1 percent over
SHANGHAI 00000315 004.2 OF 007
2007), of which 6 were foreign-related cases.
Shanghai Copyright Bureau
-------------------------
¶11. (SBU) During a July 10 meeting with the Shanghai Copyright
Bureau, Director General Jiao Yang noted the establishment of a
new Copyright Industry Promotion Department in addition to the
Copyright Enforcement Department to promote the copyright
industry. Also in 2009, Shanghai set up a Copyright Industry
Trade Center, which is gathering statistics on the development
of copyright industry in Shanghai. According to Jiao, Shanghai
has taken several measures on copyright enforcement. Under the
Copyright Bureau's guidance, shopping malls in Shanghai are
working with enforcement authorities to fight pre-installed
illegal software. Shanghai also initiated a crack down named
"City Protection" to stop vehicles with pirate goods from
entering the city. Jiao said the Shanghai Copy Bureau has
signed joint enforcement agreements with sister agencies in
Jiangsu and Zhejiang and an electronic system was built to
provide assistance to right holders. In 2008, Shanghai
Copyright Bureau inspected 61 operating units, closed 15
websites, issued punishments in 27 administrative cases, and
confiscated illegal profits and issued penalties totaling
210,000 RMB (USD 30,882).
Shanghai Administration of Industry and Commerce
--------------------------------------------- ---
¶12. (SBU) During a July 10 meeting with the Shanghai
Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC), Deputy Director
General Chen Xuejun noted the agency's main focus over the past
year has been on implementing new polices to support trademark
development. For example, the city developed a "model IP
enterprise" program to recognize companies that are IP
compliant. Chen also pointed out that the protection of
international well-known trademarks is another main focus of
trademark administrative enforcement. Under the direction of
SAIC, shopping malls are establishing a trademark research
system and checking the trademark when purchasing stock. In
addition, Shanghai has expanded its list of "no buy" foreign
brands to 60, along with increased enforcement of the list. The
list prohibits the selling of the listed goods in certain areas
such as "street" and "fashion" markets, so that authorized sales
agents known to be marketing genuine products can fare better.
¶13. (SBU) SAIC Trademark Department Director Xing Dongsheng
added that SAIC is studying Beijing's experience on protection
IP during the Olympics, especially small markets and street
vendors. He acknowledged that many vendors selling counterfeit
goods moved to many other markets after the closure of the
infamous counterfeit market, Xiangyang Market, in 2006. He
added that SAIC is actively issuing injunctions on selling
certain brands and requesting that market owners sign contracts
on trademark protection with tenants. SAIC is also providing
landlords with sample contracts that can be followed. Thus far,
over 20,000 tenants have signed this type of contract with
market owners and 200 tenants were required to move out of
markets because of their trademark infringement activities in
¶2008. According to Xing, vendors in Yatai Market in Pudong,
currently the largest counterfeit market in Shanghai, are now
SHANGHAI 00000315 005.2 OF 007
trying to promote their own brands or are seeking authorization
from trademark owners to sell legitimate products.
¶14. (SBU) In a discussion about Shanghai's landlord liability
laws, Xing said that said it is a good thing for right holders
to proactively protect their right, but he was doubtful the
courts would actually hold landlords liable in such cases.
(Note: In a separate meeting on June 18, legal representatives
from Coach Luggage notified the Consulate that they had
initiated three lawsuits against different Shanghai landlords
under the landlord liability law. Two of the cases were filed
in lower courts, and one in an intermediate court. The cases
represent the first known cases to be filed by foreigners in
Shanghai under the law. When Econoff raised the issue of the
cases, Xing was pessimistic about Coach winning the cases. End
note.)
¶15. (SBU) Shanghai's Administrations of Commerce and Industry
(AIC) handled 2,964 trademark infringement cases (a decrease of
2.2 percent over 2007) and transferred five cases for criminal
prosecution. Among all of the cases handled, 2,112 cases were
foreign related, accounting for 71.3 percent of the total (a
decrease of 1.1 percent over 2007).
Many Ways to File a Complaint
-----------------------------
¶16. (SBU) Shanghai was one of the first cities in China to
establish an IPR complaint center in July 2006 and has since
added 7 district level IPR complaint centers, mostly located in
high-tech industrial parks. It also established an IPR Aid
Center in April 2008 to give IP advice to small and medium size
businesses free of charge. In a May 20 meeting at the Shanghai
IP Complaint Center, Complaint Center Vice Director Cai Haibing
said the center transferred about 40 cases to IP authorities in
2008, but only two or three cases were filed by foreigners. He
pointed out that the number of total cases filed had actually
decreased because another IP Complaint hotline "12330" was set
up under the control of Shanghai IP Administration as a result
of government agency reform. (Note: At the national level, the
previous IP complaint hotline "12312" was under the control of
the National Rectification and Standardization of Market
Economic Order Office. After reform at the national level, this
hotline changed to "12330", which fell under the control of the
State Intellectual Property Office. During the "transition
period", there are now two hotlines receiving IP complaints at
the same time. End Note.) According to Cai, rights holders are
now more actively filing complaints directly with the relevant
government agencies, which has also caused the number of
complaints to drop. He also noted that the center ensure that
staff is present at every trade fair to receive complaints.
(Note: On numerous occasions over the past year, Consulate
staff have verified this is the case at trade fairs in Shanghai.
End note.)
Shanghai's PSB Enforcement
--------------------------
¶17. (SBU) In 2008, Shanghai Public Security Bureau (PSB)
investigated 1458 IPR-related cases and confiscated RMB 448
SHANGHAI 00000315 006.2 OF 007
million (USD 66 million) worth of money and commodities.
(Comment: We suspect this amount may be inflated by cases that
are not true IP-infringement cases. End comment.) Approximately
1,708 infringers received fines or other punishment. In August
2008, the Economic Criminal Investigation Department of Shanghai
Public Security Bureau shut down an illegal store selling fake
products of international well-known brands to foreigners (one
famous international film star visited the store and bought a
batch of illegal products during her stay in Shanghai). Two
suspects were captured and over 290 counterfeit articles worth
1.4 million RMB (USD 200 million) were confiscated. According
to Tang, the Shanghai PSB not only attaches great importance to
cooperation with foreign enforcement agencies, but it also
cooperates closely with foreign right holders such as Johnson
and Johnson, Pfizer, and associations such as the Quality Brands
Protection Committee.
Counterfeit Markets Remain Unchecked
------------------------------------
¶18. (SBU) While production of IPR infringing goods is
decreasing in Shanghai, purveyors of infringing goods, both on
the streets and with small retail establishments, remain largely
unchecked in the city. In July 2006, Shanghai closed its
premier counterfeit market, Xiangyang. However, several other
markets have sprung up and thrive in its place. Many of the
Xiangyang merchants simply moved to these other locations
throughout the city. In our own informal survey, we found
vendors from the old Xiangyang Market at three new counterfeit
markets around Shanghai. The first market is the Shanghai Yatai
Shenhui Recreational Shopping Center in Pudong, near the subway
station of the Shanghai Science and Technology Building. The
second market is Fengxiang Fashion and Gift Market in the
Nanzheng Building on Nanjing Road. The market has three stories
in the building and is widely touted on websites and blogs for
expats and foreign tourists to Shanghai. (Comment: It is
ironically located in the same building as the Shanghai IP
Service Center.) The third market is the Shanghai Longhua
Fashion and Gift Market in the Longhua area in the Xuhui
District. This market also occupies three floors, but did not
appear as busy as the other two markets during a recent visit.
¶19. (SBU) The items purveyed at the markets run the gamut from
fake designer jeans to counterfeit golf clubs. The vendors said
that their target consumers are mainly foreigners. And, from
the looks of it, many foreigners are visiting the three markets,
largely as tourist groups. When the vendors were asked if they
are afraid of being raided, many seemed indifferent. Others
replied that it is easy to hide the goods during the raids. In
the markets in the Nanzheng Building and at Yatai, we found some
vendors used cupboards with special doors to conceal the
counterfeit products. One vendor told us that they opened this
special door only for foreigners because they were afraid of
raids. Besides the large counterfeit markets, countless street
vendors and small shops sell pirated DVDs and fake products.
Walking down any major thoroughfare in Shanghai, one will be
confronted with numerous vendors selling their counterfeit
products.
Customs is Key in Shanghai
--------------------------
¶20. (SBU) Shanghai, as China's largest port, also plays an
important role in preventing the export and import of
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counterfeit products. (Note: China provides a remedy for
seizures of exported infringing products, which is not
specifically required by relevant WTO agreements. End note.)
Shanghai Customs reported that in 2008 it handled 479 IP
infringement cases, an increased of 54.5 percent over 2007 and
involving goods worth RMB 71 million (USD 10.4 million). Among
these, 90 percent were trademark-related cases. Shanghai
Customs reports that it is seeing an increase in counterfeits
sent via the postal service. To fight the problem, Shanghai
Customs added 2 more officers (after which, four in total)
specifically to investigate these cases. Despite Shanghai
Customs' efforts, large amounts of counterfeit goods continue to
transit the port and the mails. U.S. investigators and rights
holders point out that the vast majority of these counterfeits
have entered the system through Customs at other points in the
Yangtze River Delta area and beyond. Shanghai Customs does not
re-inspect goods that have been cleared by other Customs units.
(The bill of lading will, however, show Shanghai as the port.)
Comment: Pointing Out the Positive - A Powerful Tool
--------------------------------------------- ---------
¶21. (SBU) At the April 24 IP whitepaper roll-out, which was
jointly-sponsored by Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, each
jurisdiction in turn outlined 2008 accomplishments. Among other
things, each jurisdiction highlighted the cooperation and
programs conducted with the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai.
Moreover, the Shanghai IP Administration pointed out the
positive citation about Shanghai in the USTR's 2008 301 Report.
Following the meeting, representatives from both Zhejiang and
Jiangsu queried Econoff about how they too could receive
recognition in the 301 Report for positive work done on IPR. In
a separate meeting in November 2008, Jiangsu High Court
officials noted that Shanghai's judicial system was praised in
the 2008 301 Report and also queried how they could receive such
recognition. Although Shanghai and other municipalities in East
China are far from having a perfect record on IPR, they do pay
great attention to the 301 Report and other USG commentary on
their work. Moreover, when their accomplishments are recognized
in front of their colleagues, it provides a tremendous incentive
to follow suit.
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