Recently, the Shanxi Provincial Intellectual Property Office issued the "Opinions on Strengthening Intellectual Property Protection in Emerging Fields." The document focuses on new energy, new materials, high-end equipment manufacturing, modern coal chemical industry, and low-altitude economy, as well as future industries such as biomanufacturing, green hydrogen energy, and artificial intelligence. It introduces a series of measures centered on seven core tasks: patent layout, quality improvement in examination, collaborative protection, dispute resolution, transformation and application, overseas rights protection, and service enhancement. These efforts aim to build a comprehensive intellectual property protection framework for emerging sectors, providing strong support for fostering new productive forces and driving high-quality industrial development.
The initiative promotes high-quality patent layout. Aligned with the province's industrial development plans and regional innovation resources, it strongly supports research and development in key core technologies. It encourages future industries to plan ahead for foundational patent reserves and implements a "pre-application patent assessment" system for emerging technologies with significant industrial impact. The scope of fast-track patent pre-examination and priority review will be expanded, while irregular patent applications will be routinely cleared to curb low-quality patents. Patent navigation will be conducted for key technological links to accelerate the formation of high-value patent portfolios, strengthening the quality of intellectual property from the source.
Efforts will be made to enhance the quality and efficiency of patent examination. Leveraging the advantages of the Shanxi Intellectual Property Protection Center, pre-examination processes will be further optimized to provide specialized and efficient services for enterprises in emerging fields. Technical points, examination standards, and formatting norms will be unified to ensure standardized operations throughout the pre-examination process. The management mechanism for priority patent examination will be refined, directing high-quality innovation resources toward high-quality development. Qualified enterprises will be supported in developing differentiated layout strategies for international markets, utilizing the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) to efficiently advance overseas patent applications.
Collaborative intellectual property protection will be strengthened. The Shanxi Intellectual Property Office will deepen cooperation with courts, procuratorates, public security departments, and other entities, improving mechanisms for case transfer, information sharing, operational support, collaborative case handling, and talent development. Administrative and judicial protections for intellectual property will be closely integrated, with increased efforts in administrative adjudication of patent infringement disputes in emerging fields. The professional capabilities of administrative adjudication teams will be steadily enhanced to handle various infringement disputes efficiently and lawfully.
Diverse mechanisms for resolving intellectual property disputes will be advanced. The "court-to-court" litigation-mediation对接 mechanism will be strictly implemented, prioritizing non-litigation dispute resolution. Efforts will promote the integration of party negotiations, industry evaluations, and judicial guidance. Relying on the Intellectual Property Trial Center of the Datong International Arbitration Court, professional arbitration teams will be established, and an expert arbitration database will be improved. The technical investigation官 system will be enhanced, with industry experts introduced to assist in clarifying technical facts, providing small and medium-sized enterprises with one-stop, low-cost dispute resolution services.
Efficient transformation and application of intellectual property will be encouraged. Shanxi will continue to revitalize existing patent resources in universities and research institutions, building platforms for precise matching of patent supply and demand to accelerate the industrialization of innovation成果. Specialized industrial intellectual property operation centers will be established in partnership with leading enterprises, chain-leading firms, academic institutions, and industrial parks. Open and shared patent pools will be formed based on market principles to promote collaborative use of intellectual property across industrial chains. Intellectual property pledge financing will be further developed to effectively address the financing challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises in emerging sectors.
Measures will be taken to strengthen responses to overseas intellectual property risks. The functions of the Shanxi Overseas Intellectual Property Dispute Guidance Platform will be enhanced, establishing regular monitoring of overseas litigation and feedback mechanisms for trademark and domain name squatting线索 for key export enterprises. Guidance will be provided to help companies improve internal risk identification, infringement assessment, and compliance review systems. Professional information such as overseas intellectual property regulations and practical guides will be categorized and released. An expert database for dispute guidance will be strengthened, and thematic training will be conducted to enhance enterprises' capabilities in overseas rights protection.
Intellectual property services will be optimized and upgraded. The intellectual property service industry will be standardized and expanded, with ongoing specialized campaigns to regulate the agency sector. The intellectual property commissioner and enterprise liaison systems will be improved to ensure direct policy dissemination and business consultation. Public service institutions will provide convenient search and query services, while data statistics and data intellectual property registration will be enhanced. Regular publicity and training activities will be conducted to foster a societal environment that respects and protects intellectual property.
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