It's at the closing ceremony of the EU-China Intellectual Property Project (Stage II) (IPR2) that Raimund Lutz issued the announcement. It was said by Raimund Lutz that, during IPR2, China’s organs for intellectual property rendered positive efforts to achieve success of IPR2.

In 2007, the Chinese Government and the European Commission (the “EC”) jointly invested EURO 16.275 million for the implementation of the IPR2 Project which lasts 4 years (ending in 2011), wherein EC invested EURO 10.85 million and China invested EURO 5.425 million. The Ministry of Commerce of China is the organ to implement the project on behalf of China, and the European Patent Office is the organ to implement the project on behalf of the EC.

As introduced by the SIPO, the public may login the Platform as a registered user or anonymous user to make complaints on quality with respect to issues concerning quality of examination arising from complete flow of a patent examination such as acceptance of patent filings, preliminary examinations on three kinds of patents, examinations as to substance of patents for inventions, reexaminations, examinations on invalidation, and handling of issues.

As introduced by a responsible person from the SIPO, complaints on quality of examination can neither replace examination opinions in response to relevant patent filings nor replace initiation of relevant legal proceedings. If anyone is unsatisfied with a decision or specific administrative act made by the Patent Office and the Patent Reexamination Board of the SIPO, he/she shall, within the specified time limit, legally make a request for reexamination or a request for invalidation, or file an application for administrative reconsideration, or institute a lawsuit with the People’s Court .

According to the MOU, the antimonopoly and antitrust enforcement authorities of China and the U.S. shall promptly notify each other of their respective competition policies and important developments in antimonopoly enforcement, and exchange experiences on enhancing the awareness of enterprises, other government agencies, and the public in the policies and laws concerning competition.

It’s reported that sine 1992, Jaguar obtained exclusive rights to the trademarks of “JAGUAR” and Jaguar’s animal figure in on leather products, clothes, eyeglasses, neckties, etc. in China and put them into use on such goods. By January 2009, authorized distributors of leather products branded “JAGUAR” had started boutiques in Shanghai, Beijing, and other cities in China.

Since June 2007, Jaguar discovered that the defendants, including Hangzhou Jiage Clothing Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Hengma Trade Co., Ltd., and Hangzhou Lima Trade Co., Ltd., had sold large amount of infringing goods in many cities in China, causing enormous economic losses to Jaguar. In January 2009, Jaguar filed a lawsuit with the Court and request a judgment ordering all defendants cease the infringement actions, destroy the infringing goods and trademark labels, indemnify Jaguar for its economic losses and reasonable expenses totaled 6.38 million Yuan, and at the same time an ex officio transfer of the domain name of www.jaguarcn.com registered by Hangzhou Jiage Clothing Co., Ltd. to Jaguare.

After two court sessions, Zhejiang Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court affirmed that five defendants infringed Jaguar’s right and supported most of Jaguar’s claims.