This is the first time for the Supreme People’s Court to promulgate the IP judicial protection position to the public in the form of an annual protection white paper.
“The intangible asset with intellectual property as core” shall be taken as the necessary access standard for companies going for GEM and the standard of review for companies listed on the GEM board.
Since the onset of the financial crisis, many export-oriented enterprises without intellectual property (IP) closed, while those with independent IP were less affected and some experienced growth.