On January 7th, it was known from Jiangxi Provincial Market Supervision Bureau that Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Industry Co., Ltd. recently utilized three trademarks and five patents for two types of intellectual property rights in the Agricultural Bank of China Xinyu Branch to conduct a mixed pledge and successfully pledged 100 million yuan in financing. This is the first time that Jiangxi Province has tried "trademark + patent" intellectual property mixed pledge financing.
Jiangxi Provincial Market Supervision Bureau relevant person in charge said that since 2020, Jiangxi Market Supervision Department had used trademark registration and protection and other intellectual property functions to help companies coordinate and solve development problems.
Jiangxi Province has carried out research activities on intellectual property problems encountered by enterprises, including trademarks issues. It has been sorted out 48 problems encountered in enterprises’ development, such as trademark registration protection and intellectual property financing. Through point-to-point guidance, door-to-door discussions and exchanges, and organization of bank and enterprise’s joint training to help companies resume work and production.
Among them, Xinyu City Market Supervision Bureau of Jiangxi Province, after investigating the above-mentioned enterprises’ financing needs, guided enterprises to develop hybrid pledge loans through "trademark + patent" to relieve the financial pressure of private enterprises.
Jiangxi Provincial Market Supervision Bureau stated that promoting the protection and use of intellectual property rights is an important part of optimizing the business environment and a practical need to promote the the economy and society’s high-quality development. Jiangxi Market Supervision Department will give full play to its functional advantages, continue to promote the training and promotion of intellectual property pledge financing, project implementation, and policy formulation, promote the in-depth integration of enterprises, banks, and asset appraisal agencies, and continue to "monetize" intangible assets.
