Lately, the Office of Legislative Affairs of the State Council decided to publicize the Decision on Revising the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Customs Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (for examination) and its illustration submitted by the General Administration of Customs to solicit for opinions from the public.
The draft made 6 important revisions upon the original Regulations on the Customs Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, i.e. the alteration and cancellation of IPR record, counter-guarantee, the retrieval of protection application made by the IPR holders, the auction of infringed goods and the legal responsibility due to import and export infringement goods.
Considering the serious situation that the offenders export infringed goods by mailing, the draft amended the 28th article in the original regulations as "the import and export goods brought by individuals or mailed by express will be regarded as infringement goods if the goods exceed self use and reasonable quantity and infringe IP rights regulated in the second article of the draft regulations".
Source: IPR in China
