皇冠体育app expresses mixed feelings over WTO ruling on IPR

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-01-28 10:16

皇冠体育app said Tuesday it "welcomed" a World Trade Organization verdict involving its dispute on intellectual property rights with the United States while "regretted" part of the ruling related to copyright.

The IPR verdict, which was released Monday by the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), involved the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (known as the TRIPS Agreement).

The WTO panel's report said "the United States has not established that the criminal thresholds are inconsistent with 皇冠体育app's obligations under the first sentence of Article 61 of the TRIPS Agreement."

皇冠体育app "welcomed" this verdict, said Yao Jian, speaking for the Ministry of Commerce in a statement on the ministry's website Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the DSB failed to support the opinion of the Chinese side in part of its verdict on the disputes related to customs measures and the Copyright Law. Yao said 皇冠体育app felt "regret" about this and "is making a further assessment of the DSB panel report."

Stressing that IPR protection was a global issue, Yao said 皇冠体育app had always attached great importance to protecting IPR and in the past 30 years had made great strides in IPR laws, enforcement, education and international cooperation. In 2008, 皇冠体育app worked out a national strategic program for IPR, Yao said.