中国专利法修订草案将提请审议　Amended Patent Law Draft to Be Submitted for NPC Deliberation in 2018

　Amended Patent Law Draft to Be Submitted for NPC Deliberation in 2018

  中国专利法修订草案将提请审议

    中国知识产权报综合消息　 《国务院2018年立法工作计划》近日公布。

　　The State Council Legislation Plan for 2018 was released recently.

　　《计划》明确，为贯彻新发展理念，建设现代化经济体系，提请全国人大常委会审议专利法修订草案等4部法律草案，制定修订专利代理条例等11部条例。

　　The Plan specified that, in order to act upon new development philosophy and construct a modern economy system, four drafts of laws including the amended Patent Law would be submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) for deliberation while 11 lower-hierarchy Regulations including the Patent Representation Regulation would commence their formulation and amendment.

　　据了解，随着中国经济社会的快速发展，加强知识产权保护、提高自主创新能力，成为加快转变经济发展方式、实施创新驱动发展战略的内在要求。为适应经济社会发展的新变化对加强知识产权创造、保护、运用的新要求，进一步完善专利法律制度，解决专利保护中的突出问题，切实维护专利权人的合法权益，增强创新主体对专利保护的信心，充分激发全社会的创新活力，中国国家知识产权局于2014年下半年启动了专利法第四次全面修改的研究准备工作，在广泛征求意见的基础上形成《专利法修订草案（送审稿）》，于2015年7月上报国务院，由国务院法制办进行审查。2015年12月，国务院法制办就送审稿面向社会公开征求意见，并于此后积极开展研究论证工作。

　With the rapid economic and social development in China, strengthening IP protection and improving self-reliant innovation ability has become the inherent need for accelerating transformation of the mode of economic development and implementing innovation-driven development strategy. For adapting new demands for new changes of economic and social development to strengthen IP creation, protection and application, further improvement of the patent law system, solving the outstanding issues in patent protection, effectively safeguarding the legal interests of patent holders, boosting confidence of innovative players in patent protection, and thoroughly stimulating innovation vitality of the society at large, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) launched the preparation work for the fourth head-to-toe amendment of the Patent Law in the second half of 2014 and shaped a draft based on extensively-collected comments. The Draft was later reported to the State Council in July 2015, and was examined by the Legislative Affairs Office (LAO). In December 2015, LAO started its only process of inviting comments from the public and did research on it.

　　　据介绍，现行《专利代理条例》由国务院于1991年颁布实施，为规范专利代理行为、维护委托人权益发挥了重要作用。但随着社会主义市场经济体制的建立和完善，其内容与现实情况严重脱节，制约了专利代理行业发展，亟需修改。2012年至2016年，《专利代理条例》修改连续5年被列入国务院立法工作计划一档项目。2016年2月，国务院发布决定，涉及取消依据《专利代理条例》规定的专利代理机构设立审批的地方初审，同时要求做好取消事项的后续衔接工作，加强事中事后监管。为避免相关改革措施与现行法规脱节，国务院加快了《专利代理条例》的修改进程。

　　The current Patent Representation Regulation was issued and implemented by the State Council in 1991, and has been playing an important role in regulating patent representation activities and safeguarding the interests of clients. The Requlation needs to be amended to meet the develpoment of society The Regulation was listed on the　 tier-1 to-do list of the State Council Legislation Plan for five straight years from 2012 to 2016. In February 2016, the State Council issued a decision, eliminating the proceedings of local IP authorities' approval of establishment of a patent firm, a rule under the Patent Representation Regulation. In a bid to avoid any discrepancy between the separately-amended rules as such and the Regulation, the State Council lined up the amendment of the Regulation high on its agenda.