China's IPR Protection Efforts Bear Fruit for Foreign Enterprises
China Leads 5G Patent Race Huawei leak reveals UK's security flaws
Top court launches database to aid IPR judgments
China's constant improvement of intellectual property rights protection is a huge boon for popular foreign IPs like Peppa Pig to ride the country's consumption boom, according to an executive from the trademark's owner Entertainment One UK Ltd. Beijing's efforts have shown that it is serious about enforcing IPR protection to safeguard justice and social stability. Chinese courts have resulted in a 42 percent surge in intellectual property rights cases in 2018, according to the work reports of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate that were submitted to the country's annual national legislative session in March. The success case of Entertainment One in defending the Peppa Pig copyright was highlighted in the report.Last year, the Hangzhou Internet Court ruled in favor of Entertainment One which identified the infringement of the Peppa Pig copyright by two Chinese companies. These companies were subsequently ordered to cease production and sales of their toy kitchen sets that featured the image of Peppa Pig. They were also ordered to pay a combined 150,000 Yuan (GBP 22,150) in fines.
procuratorate n. / 'prɒkjʊəreɪtərɪt /
the office or functions of a procurator检察院
例句：The People's Procuratorate shall notify the victim of its decision made after reexamination.
Chinese companies lead in global 5G patent applications with Huawei ranking first, according to a report by IPlytics, an authorized patent data company. Chinese companies topped the list for most 5G Standards-Essential Patents applications in communication systems by the end of April, accounting for 34 percent of the world's total, The Paper reported Wednesday, citing the report.
5G SEPs are patents any company will have to use when implementing standardized 5G technology and no one can avoid them, giving them key value among all patents. Three industrial leaders from China were included in the top 10 list of 5G SEP family owners, with Huawei taking the crown, and ZET Corp and China Academy of Telecommunications Technology grabbing fifth and ninth places, respectively. The automotive sector will most likely be one of the first industries to rely on 5G, connecting vehicles to other vehicles, roadsides, traffic lights, buildings and the internet to process data across cars or in the cloud, according to the report.
As 5G technology has integrated various industries and technologies, the number of 5G Standards-Essential Patents applications surged to more than 60,000 globally by the end of April, the report said.
surge v. [sɜrdʒ]
to increase strongly and suddenly 汹涌；涌动；激增
例句：That double whammy will at some point bring the price surge to an end and take the wind out of real-estate developers’ sails.。
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) has launched a big data platform to help the country's judges handle cases related to intellectual property rights (IPR), the first of its kind targeting a specific area of ruling launched by the SPC. The database provides judges with free content including relevant laws, cases, rulings, opinions and books that are needed in handling IPR-related cases. With 1.1 million items of data and an IPR knowledge atlas, the database offers smarter and more precise search services. The database is expected to deepen cooperation between courts and the academia to draw lessons from international rules on IPR protection and to showcase China's achievements in judicial protection of the IPR, according to Tao Kaiyuan, vice president of the SPC.
academia n. [ˌækəˈdimiə]
the world of learning, teaching and research学术界
例句：His research ought to have secured him a place in academia’s elite.
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