On the afternoon of September 6, according to the arrangement of the Supreme People's Court, 29 deputies to the National People's Congress from 5 delegations of Shanxi, Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi and Henan paid an inspecting visit to No.3 Intermediate People's Court (Intellectual Property Court, Railway Transport Intermediate Court), accompanied by staff from the National People's Congress, the Supreme People's Court, relevant provincial people's congresses and provincial high courts. Mao Ronghua, Party member and Vice President of Shanghai High People's Court, persons-in-charge of relevant departments including the office, the judicial reform office, the information department, the administration and equipment department, the legal publicity department, etc. participated in the inspection. Under the guide of Wang Qiuliang, Secretary of the Party Leadership and President of No.3 Intermediate People's Court (Intellectual Property Court, Railway Transport Intermediate Court), the deputies to the National People's Congress visited the lawsuit service center, the mediation room and other places. In the exchange, the deputies listened to the procedures for filing a case and litigation, read the litigation guide, tried out the queuing machine for filing a case and the self-service machine, and were invited to hear a trial concerning a dispute over invention patent infringement with Ms Li Shulan, Vice President of Shanghai Intellectual Property Court, working as the Chief Judge.
After the
trial, Zhang Tianruo, deputy inspector of the General Office and deputy
director of the Liaison Office of the Supreme People's Court, presided over the
interactive exchange. President Wang Qiuliang introduced to the deputies the
trial work and judicial reform since the establishment of No.3 Intermediate
People's Court (Intellectual Property Court, Railway Transport Intermediate
Court), focusing on the initiatives of serving the overall interests and the
trial mechanism reform. Zhou Xiang, a judge of deputy bureau chief level from
No.3 Civil Tribunal of the Supreme People's Court introduced briefly the
national court trial work concerning the intellectual property right from four
aspects including trial achievements, reform and innovation, supervision and
guidance and judicial transparency. Representative of Guangxi delegation Mo
Xiaosha, representative of Shanxi delegation Ma Ruiyan and others made a
speech. Ms Li Shulan, Vice President of Shanghai Intellectual Property Court,
explained one by one the issues related to trials that the deputies were
concerned about, introduced the practices of Shanghai Intellectual Property
Court to solve the technical fact investigation issues of IPR cases through the
"four-in-one" technical authentication and identification system, and
proposed corresponding suggestions for intellectual property right protection in
enterprises based on her trial experience. During the inspection, the deputies
to National People's Congress fully affirmed the work of Shanghai No. 3
Intermediate People's Court (Intellectual Property Court, Railway Transport
Intermediate Court) since its establishment and the achievements of all courts
of Shanghai. Lin Xinhua, a representative of Guangdong delegation, commended
that the judicial reform of Shanghai has formed reproducible and promotable experience
with well-defined goals and effective measures, and is indeed a pilot role
model and a prototype of the national judicial reform. Xia Yujie, a representative
of Anhui delegation, advised to implement a strict IPR judicial protection, maintain
the passion for innovation, and contribute to the change from
"manufacturing industry" to "creating industry". The People's Court Daily, Jiefang Daily, Wenhui News, Xinmin Evening
News, Shanghai Law Journal, Shanghai TV, Shanghai Interactive Television
Co., Ltd. and other media participated in the reportage.