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2008-03-22 | Shanghai

Meeting with Shanghai Service Centre for Intellectual Property Protection

IPR SME Help Desk (IPR HD) and the European Chamber paid a visit to Shanghai Service Centre for Intellectual Property Protection on 19th March. It was to introduce the new IPR HD project and explorer opportunities of cooperation. Both sides reached general agreement on cooperation possibilities including information exchanges, joint training and workshops, roundtable and open forum.

Regardless of the different criteria applied to SMEs in China and in Europe, Mr.Chen Zuyao, Director of Shanghai IPR Service Centre, confirmed their commitments to serve the European SME businesses in China. The function of Shanghai IPR Service Centre includes report, complaint and consultation which Mr.Chen encouraged all European SMEs to make use of. He also emphasized Shanghai Municipality’s ongoing commitment on IPR issues and recommended regular news and information check via their dedicated protocol at shanghai.ipr.gov.cn (Chinese) and that of national level at www.ipr.gov.cn (Chinese/English). It was also mentioned that there would be several local and national events on IPR taking place in Shanghai around 26th April, the World IPR day.   

Mrs. Camilla Ojansivu, Manager of IPRHD project, made a brief presentation of IPR HD project and proposed several ways of practical cooperation between two sides.

Please click here to view this article in Chinese on Shanghai IPR Protection's website.