As a nongovernmental and nonprofit organization, the Beijing Intellectual Property Institute (BIPI) was established in December 2005 with the approval and authorization of the Beijing Intellectual Property Office and the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau
BIPI’s mission is to provide a platform for intellectual property research and exchange of relevant information for those who are concerned with issues related to patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, designs, new varieties of plants, and lay-out designs of integrated circuits.
Making full use of the expertise of many distinguished intellectual property experts and scholars, BIPI is capable of carrying out factual study projects on specific intellectual property issues entrusted to BIPI by governments at various levels, institutions, trade associations, and enterprises. In this regard, BIPI compiles and disseminates information on intellectual property protection.
By compiling and disseminating independent and high quality research results, BIPI aims to increase the awareness and comprehension of the general public with respect to intellectual property laws, enhancing the advancement of intellectual property protection in China and thus contributing to overall social and economic development and prosperity.
BIPI, in addition to its own team of researchers, welcomes experienced IP-related government officials, scholars, attorneys and administrative personnel as part-time researchers. These researchers benefit mutually from the discovery of new findings, and from the sharing of significant and timely information.
BIPI emphasizes research that solves practical problems emerging in the intellectual property field. R esearch findings may serve as references for law or policy makers, as well as decision makers in the business sector.
BIPI is mainly funded by membership fees, research project grants and donations.
Director of the Beijing Intellectual Property Institute
Mr. Cheng Yongshun was a Senior Judge and the Deputy Presiding Judge of the Intellectual Property Division (No. 3 Civil Division) of the Beijing High People’s Court.
He is one of the pioneering judges who initially heard intellectual property cases in China and has handled many influential intellectual property trials. He was nominated as one of the 50 most important IP figures in the world (and one of the top three important IP figures in China) by the publication Managing Intellectual Property (July 8, 2003).
Mr. Cheng has published many books as author or co-author in his judicial career. His publications include Patent Litigation (1993), the first book concerning judicial protection of patent rights in China. The book has had a great influence on other judges and attorneys, as well as the academic community. Another book, Patent Infringement Establishment （ co-author, 1998 ） compares Chinese patent law and practice with that of the United States and was awarded Second Prize by the Beijing Municipality as an “outstanding contribution in the field of philosophy and social science.” The book has also been published in Japan. His new publication, China Patent Litigation (2005), an indispensable reference book for judges and attorneys, is a summary of his twenty years of experience in the field of patent judicial protection in China.
Mr. Cheng has presided over and participated in many national research projects and published a large number of articles and case comments. M any times on different occasions he has been awarded for either his academic or practical contributions to the IP world.
He also serves as Executive Director of the China Intellectual Property Institute; Executive Director of the China Trademark Association; Deputy Secretary-general and Executive Director of the China Science and Technology Law Institute; Executive Director of the Intellectual Property Institute of the China Law Institute; P anel Member of the Neutrals of the Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center ; V isiting Professor of the National Judges College; Visiting Associate Professor of the Law School of Renmin University; Part-time Senior Lecturer of the Training Center of the General Administration Office for Industry and Commerce of the PRC; and Part-time Tutor to the postgraduate program of the Law School of Peking University.
Service Goals
1. T o generate an independent and authoritative program of objective research on tough and “hot-topic” issues of intellectual property;
2. To conduct intellectual property research projects and to consider various intellectual property strategies at the request of governments, institutions, enterprises and trade associations;
3. To advise on specific intellectual property infringement issues;
4. To organize seminars, workshops and training programs on intellectual property;
5. To advise and formulate strategies for parties in disputes; To provide guidance in litigation, and upon the request of clients, assist in the negotiation of settlements in intellectual property disputes;
6. To compile and publish books and journals on intellectual property;
7. To organize international exchange and training programs on intellectual property.
Contact information:
Address: #11-06, Tower A, Nan Xin Cang International Plaza
No. A22 Dongsishitiao, Dongcheng District, Beijing, P. R. China
Postal Code ： 100007
Telephone: 86-10-64096220
Facsimile ： 86-10-64096675
E-mail: infor@bipi.org
Website ： www.bipi.orgwww.bipi.org.cn
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