Protecting intellectual property rights allows innovation to go further in a fair and just environment

"Those who engage in illegal operations and fraud in the name of innovation must be punished according to law. Intellectual property rights must be strictly protected." Premier Li Keqiang's speech at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Davos Forum further demonstrated China's determination and efforts to strengthen intellectual property protection.

Patent protection is a prominent feature of modern society. Under the guidance of the concept of rule of law, China has made a series of arrangements for innovation and intellectual property protection from the top-level design. In recent years, China has issued a series of forward-looking innovation strategies and policies, including the "Action Plan for Deeply Implementing the National Intellectual Property Strategy (2014-2020)" and "Several Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of an Intellectual Property Power under the New Situation". The introduction of these systems reflects China's determination to encourage innovation and improve the innovation environment by strengthening intellectual property protection.

Respecting intellectual property rights and severely punishing infringements, in addition to safeguarding the rights and interests of the parties themselves, has a greater significance in protecting innovation and allowing innovation to go further in a fair, just and equal business environment and market order.

During this year's two sessions, intellectual property protection has been a hot topic. Dong Mingzhu, a deputy to the National People's Congress who has always emphasized mastering core technologies, said that Gree not only encountered poaching, but also had its patents stolen. Although it won the two-year lawsuit, the court ordered the other party to pay a maximum of 2 million yuan, which was far less than the losses caused. She believes that in order to encourage enterprises to innovate independently, there must be a good atmosphere to protect patents. If the results of innovation are not respected and protected, who will be willing to devote themselves to innovation? If the majority of enterprises, as the main body of innovation, do not have the motivation and willingness to innovate, and if the whole society lacks an atmosphere of innovation, how can we build an innovative country?

As we all know, innovation involves huge risks and huge investment. The most notable feature of technological innovation is that it is full of uncertainties. It is impossible to predict the results of innovation, and it is even more impossible to determine when the investment in innovation will produce benefits. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to regard innovation as a risk and an expense. For this reason, for enterprises, the patents accumulated through unremitting innovation are valuable assets of enterprises and a winning weapon in participating in commercial competition.

Although the process of innovation is difficult, the results of innovation can be easily copied and deconstructed. For some companies, they are willing to share their innovative achievements and technologies with the industry in the form of patent licenses, so that consumers can enjoy more and better products and services. However, if some manufacturers do not respect intellectual property rights and abuse the fruits of others' labor without paying consideration, it will not only damage the rights and interests of patent-owning companies, but also dampen the enthusiasm for innovation in the entire industry. For most other manufacturers who respect intellectual property rights and pay consideration to use patents, it is bound to form an unfair market competition environment. Recently, Qualcomm sued Meizu for patent infringement. One of the starting points is to maintain the health and order of the entire wireless communication ecosystem and allow manufacturers to compete in a fair, just and equal business environment.

In fact, China's innovation level has far exceeded the outside world's estimates. In certain innovative fields such as aerospace, biomedicine, and the Internet, China has become a global leader. This is closely related to the country's efforts to create an environment that gives equal importance to "a strong intellectual property country" and "a strong scientific and technological innovation country."

Today, the wave of mass entrepreneurship and innovation has come rapidly. We should change our perspective to view the importance of intellectual property protection. It is an important system to ensure the success of innovation and entrepreneurship, and an effective support to stimulate the enthusiasm for innovation and entrepreneurship and protect the results of innovation and entrepreneurship. Building a complete, efficient and strict intellectual property protection system will help create a social atmosphere that respects innovation, promote and encourage enterprises to take innovation as the core, and further tap and release the innovation potential of the Chinese people.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.