Seminar on The Coordinated Development of Anti-monopoly and Protection of Intellectual Property was Held Successfully at Renmin University

2015.07.03 - 2015.07.03

On July 3rd, 2015, the seminar on the coordinated development of anti-monopoly and protection of intellectual property was held in Room 601 of Mingde Law Building. This meeting was co-hosted by Renmin University of China – Korea University China-Korea Market and Regulation Law Center and Shanghai Jiaotong University Competition Law and Policy Research Center. Many leading experts from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, China University of Political Science and Law, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Renmin University of China and Shanghai Jiaotong University were invited to deliver a speech. Nearly one hundred elites from government sectors, research institution, colleges and universities, law firms as well as Chinese and overseas companies participated in this conference. They had a heated discussion on the topic of the coordinated development of anti-monopoly and protection of intellectual property.

 

 

The seminar began at 2:00 pm. Meng Yanbei, the Associate Professor of Renmin Law School and Chinese Executive Director of China-Korea Market and Regulation Law Center chaired the brief opening ceremony. She introduced all the participants, and extended her sincere thanks and warm welcome to the representatives of different fields who paid close attention and participated in this meeting.

 

 

Afterwards, the presentation of the first unit of the meeting was started. First, Deputy Director General Lu Wanli from the State Administration of Industry and Commerce delivered a keynote speech. He introduced the background, significance and contents of the Provision on the Prohibition of Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights to Eliminate or Restrict Competition (the “Provision”). Deputy Director General Lu recalled the progressive development of the “Provision” with a clear sequence of thought. As a witness to the provision, he shared his views on the content, significance and how to coordinate the development of anti-monopoly and protection of intellectual property in the process of competition law enforcement.

 

 

Professor Shi Jianzhong, the vice president of China University of Political Science and Law as well as the expert advisory group member of the Anti-monopoly Commission of the State Council, made a further analysis of the relationship between anti-monopoly and protection of intellectual property by taking the example of patent law and anti-monopoly law. Professor Shi Jianzhong stressed that the enforcement purpose of anti-monopoly law is the prevention and suppression of monopolistic behaviors, rather than the elimination of the monopoly, which represents that the purpose of anti-monopoly is to protect the environment for innovation, moreover, it is the same thing with the protection of intellectual property, and these views stroke a chord with the participants.

 

 

 

Then, Professor Wu Hanhong of Renmin Economics School, who is also the expert advisory group member of the Anti-monopoly Commission of the State Council, gave a speech from the perspective of economics by introducing the “trade-offs” and “efficiency” these two basic concepts. His rich professional knowledge and humorous language had won warm responses.

 

 

 

The second unit of the meeting was held by Secretary General Shang Lina of Shanghai Jiaotong University Competition Law and Policy Research Center, and four specialists and scholars delivered their keynote speeches.First, Post-doctor Han Wei from Chinese Academy of Sciences made a detailed introduction of the legal analysis procedure with the legal analysis framework of anti-monopoly in the field of intellectual property. He laid a particular emphasis on the great influence of the stability and flexibility of analysis steps on the coordinated development of anti-monopoly and protection of intellectual property rights.

 

 

 

Second, Meng Yanbei, the Associate Professor of Renmin Law School and Chinese Executive Director of China-Korea Market and Regulation Law Center made an analysis of the legal regulation problems in the standard drawing-up and practicing process combined with cutting-edge topics, which inspired the audience.

 

Third, Executive Director Professor Li Jian of Shanghai Jiaotong University Competition Law and Policy Research Center gave a speech on the anti-monopoly regulation of tied sale in the field of intellectual property rights. He believed that focus of the related research should go back to the basic issue of “single product”, which showed his profound knowledge of the tied sale issue.

 

 

 

Finally, Deputy Director Associate Professor Hou Liyang of Shanghai Jiaotong University Competition Law and Policy Research Center gave a wonderful speech on the issue of safe harbor and refusal to license in the intellectual property rights and anti-monopoly regulation.

 

 

After the keynote speech, Professor Wang Xianlin, who is Executive Vice-President of Shanghai Jiaotong Law School and the expert advisory group member of the Anti-monopoly Commission of the State Council made a brief summary. He said that this seminar had fully reflects the community’s concern on the theme of the coordinated development of anti-monopoly and intellectual property protection. Professor Wang Xianlin extended sincere thanks to the speakers and the participants, and hoped that the coordinated development of anti-monopoly and intellectual property protection will have a brighter future with the common efforts. This seminar ended successfully in the warm applause.