Chinanews.com, April 25 According to the website of the General Administration of Customs, the General Administration of Customs announced the enforcement of national customs intellectual property protection in 2023 on the 25th. According to the data, in 2023, the national customs will implement 67,000 intellectual property protection measures in the import and export links, and actually detain 62,100 batches and 82,889,400 pieces of suspected infringing goods.
-- Trademark protection cases are still the focus of seizures
The suspected infringing goods detained by the national customs involve various types of intellectual property rights such as trademark rights, patent rights, copyrights, and Olympic symbols. Among them, the trademark infringement cases were particularly prominent, with 61,610 batches and 81,727,500 pieces of goods suspected of infringing trademark rights being detained, accounting for 99.12% and 98.6% of the total number of goods detained in the whole year, 534 batches and 1,012,000 pieces of goods suspected of copyright infringement being detained, accounting for 0.86% and 1.22%, and 10 batches and 145,300 pieces of goods suspected of patent infringement being detained, accounting for 0.02% and 0.18%.
-- The ex officio investigation and handling model is still dominant
Customs across the country detained 2,832 batches and 74,591,100 pieces of suspected infringing goods in freight channels. Among them, 2,803 batches and 74,356,400 pieces of suspected infringing goods were detained ex officio, accounting for 98.97% and 99.68% of the total number of goods detained by freight channels, and 29 batches and 234,600 pieces of suspected infringing goods were detained according to application, accounting for 1.02% and 0.32% of the total detained by freight channels, respectively.
-- The effectiveness of law enforcement in the field of new business forms has continued to improve
With the vigorous development of new Internet business formats, the law enforcement of cross-border e-commerce channels has shown a growth trend for many years. In 2023, the national customs will detain 26,600 batches and 4,303,200 pieces of suspected infringing goods in cross-border e-commerce channels, an increase of 26.4% and 6.6% year-on-year, respectively. In addition, 967 batches and 28,064,900 pieces of suspected infringing goods were detained by the national customs in the form of market procurement trade, an increase of 44.3% and 3.2% year-on-year respectively.
-- The law enforcement capacity of the customs in the central and western regions has been steadily improved
In 2023, the customs in the eastern coastal areas of Shanghai, Ningbo, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other eastern coastal areas detained a total of 49,500 batches and 81,792,900 pieces of suspected infringing goods, accounting for 79.71% and 98.67% of the total number of goods detained in the whole year, while the customs in Nanchang, Nanning, Chengdu, Kunming, Xi'an and other central and western regions detained a total of 12,600 batches and 1,096,500 pieces of suspected infringing goods, of which Taiyuan, Chongqing, The number of customs detained batches in Guiyang and other places increased by more than 2 times year-on-year, and the number of customs detained in Hefei and Zhengzhou increased by more than 2 times year-on-year.
-- There has been no significant change in the structure of the infringing goods
According to the statistics of detained batches, clothing, shoes and hats, leather goods and bags, electronic appliances and other goods still occupy the top three, with 39,000 batches, 10,000 batches and 5,000 batches respectively. In terms of the number of detained, electronic appliances, sports equipment, tobacco products and other goods occupy the top three places, with 20,077,800, 13,142,100 and 11,560,000 respectively.
-- Customs recordation of intellectual property rights remains stable
In 2023, more rights holders will choose to protect their rights and interests through customs protection, and the customs protection filing system for intellectual property rights will accept a total of 4,217 applications for registration of right holder users, and 4,054 users will be approved for the record. In 2023, 21,203 applications for the filing of intellectual property rights for customs protection will be accepted, and 19,009 applications for the filing will be approved, of which 12,911 will be filed by new domestic rights holders, and the total number of applications accepted for filing will exceed 20,000 for three consecutive years.