The international community should improve the intellectual property system to promote green economic development

World Intellectual Property Organization Director-General said the international community should improve the intellectual property system to promote green economic development

Xinhua Beijing July 3 (Xinhua Jiang Zheng into) the World Intellectual Property Organization Director-General on the 3rd Ghauri said that the international community should improve the intellectual property system, the balance of intellectual property rights and interests of all parties concerned to encourage the adoption of technological progress and innovation, the development of

He was held in Beijing summit on the global think tank, said that at present, to promote sustainable economic development, the international community in the green technology and alternative energy sources have a very big opportunity for innovation. Intellectual property rights can play an important role in these areas. In clean technology and alternative energy sources, some countries and regions in the application of intellectual property rights has opened a fast-track.

Ghauri said that the demand for intellectual property rights prior to the outbreak of the financial crisis has greatly increased. Now the world of patents each year there are 1.7 million, a quarter of the international patent applications from the North-East Asia, and is still on the increase every year.

Referring to the existing system of intellectual property protection, he said, should consider how to balance the rights of intellectual property rights and the relationship between social equity. In the context of the global economic crisis, it is necessary to deal with these issues very seriously, so that a balanced intellectual property as a mechanism to promote economic growth, the global economy at the same time to achieve the transition to green economy.

He said that to overcome the economic crisis after crisis at the same time ensure sustainable growth strategy in the search for the corresponding at the same time, it is necessary to take into account the investment and knowledge to create a need to maintain a very stable system of intellectual property rights, while striking a balance between knowledge producers, investors and between the interests of those in need.

Ghauri said that in different places around the world there are also differences in the patent act. In the United States, international patent applications fell by 14% this year, and in China's international patent applications increased by 19%. This indicates that the financial crisis in terms of innovation in different countries and regions the impact is not the same.