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　　On May 5, the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (Hague Agreement) entered into force in China.

　　On the effective day, a total of 49 Chinese enterprises submitted 108 international applications for design patents. The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) received 58 international applications for design patents. As of 5:30 PM Geneva Time, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) had received 50 international applications for design patents directly from Chinese applicants. Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd., GEMT Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. pace all applicants via the CNIPA route while WIPO's data suggests Shenzhen Smoore Technology, Dreame Innovation Technology and Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology are the most prolific Chinese filers.

　　China is shifting quickly from "Made in China" to "Created in China". Chinese enterprises going global are paying closer attention to protect their product designs with IP, which in turn generates more demand for design protection. WIPO's statistics indicates around 1.1 million design applications were filed worldwide in 2020 with the CNIPA being the busiest destination hauling in half of the total. In 2021, global innovators submitted over 6700 international applications for design patents in the Hague system, and applications from China ranked among the top 10.

　　In response to the constantly evolving need of innovators, CNIPA had been tweaking its practice dynamically while closely following the developments of the Hague system and moving the process of accession. Under the principle of "conforming to the Hague Agreement, make the system easy to use for users, refraining from drastic practice changes and hooking up with international procedures", CNIPA made preparations regarding examination standards, application and examination procedures, office actions and system requirements, ironed out accession details in multiple rounds of negotiations with the International Bureau of WIPO, aiming to offer potent support for the submission and examination of international applications for design patents.

　　On the effective day, Midea Small Domestic Appliances (SDA) submitted three international design applications to the CNIPA. “Midea could only use the Hague system through its oversea R&D centers,” said She Yan, IPR head at Midea SDA. “We can do it directly via the CNIPA, significantly contracting our filing formalities.”

　　“The Hague Agreement gives us Chinese innovators a simple and efficient route for international design registration and protection. It makes it easier for centralized management of design inventory and patent assets,” said Guo Zhenpeng, Midea's chief IP counsel. “In the meantime, it sharply cut our cost in oversea patent planning, easing the burden of us Chinese innovators when venturing out."

　　"China's accession to the Hague Agreement meets the demand of Chinese innovators for international development, and motivates them to join international competition through persistent R&D and innovations," said Ren Shengce, Director of the Innovation and Competition Research Center, Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property, Tongji University. He believed that the Hague Agreement would attract more advanced technologies and brilliant ideas to China from abroad, expedite the development of Chinese innovators in fields such as international mass consumer goods and creative design, and make Chinese ideas, Chinese design and China-made products glow with radiance in the world.

　　According to Xiong Wencong, an Associate Professor at the Law School, Minzu University of China, China's accession to the Hague Agreement is an obvious reflection of its deep engagement in global IP governance under the WIPO framework. The Agreement in effect means China's full integration into the major international systems in terms of patents, trademarks, copyrights and designs, which meets China's demand for expanding international IP cooperation and enhancing international IP competitiveness, and pronounces China's firm stance to open wider to the outside world, expand international cooperation and uphold multilateralism.  (by Li Yangfang/Zhang Binbin)

　　5月5日，《工业品外观设计国际注册海牙协定》（下称海牙协定）在中国正式生效。

　　生效当日，共有49家中国企业提交外观设计国际申请108件，其中，中国国家知识产权局收到中国申请人提交的外观设计国际申请58件，截至日内瓦时间５月５日下午5:30，由中国申请人直接向世界知识产权组织（WIPO）提交的外观设计国际申请有50件。在国家知识产权局收到的申请中，联想（北京）有限公司、世耳医疗科技（上海）有限公司、北京小米移动软件有限公司等申请量居前。WIPO数据显示，向WIPO国际局直接提交外观设计国际申请的中国申请人中，Shenzhen Smoore Technology（深圳麦克韦尔科技有限公司）、Dreame Innovation Technology（追觅创新科技有限公司）、Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology（深圳TCL数字技术有限公司）等申请量居前。

　　当前，中国制造正在向中国创造加速转变，中国企业“出海”更加重视产品外观设计的知识产权保护，对外观设计保护也产生了更多需求。根据WIPO统计数据，2020年全球范围内共收到约110万件外观设计申请，其中，通过中国国家知识产权局提交的外观设计申请量占半数以上。2021年，各个国家或地区的创新主体通过海牙体系途径提交的外观设计国际申请超过6700件，中国申请人的申请量位列前十。

　　对此，中国国家知识产权局积极回应创新主体需求，持续关注海牙体系的发展情况，积极推动加入海牙协定进程。为此，中国国家知识产权局按照“符合海牙要求、方便用户使用、减少业务调整、衔接国际流程”的工作原则，积极推进审查标准、申请及审查流程、通知书以及系统需求等业务筹备，并与WIPO国际局就中国加入海牙协定的业务问题展开多轮磋商，为外观设计国际申请的提交和审查提供有力保障和支撑。

　　生效当天，美的生活电器事业部向中国国家知识产权局提交了3件外观设计国际申请。美的生活电器事业部知识产权负责人佘艳表示，之前，美的集团由海外研发中心通过海牙体系开展外观设计国际申请和保护的相关工作，如今，可以直接通过中国国家知识产权局提交外观设计国际申请，申请流程得到了极大简化。

　　美的集团首席知识产权顾问郭振鹏表示，海牙协定为中国创新主体提供了一种简捷、高效的外观设计国际注册程序和保护路径，有利于对外观设计做集中化管理和专利资产维护；同时显著降低了开展外观设计海外布局过程中的支出成本和劳动成本等，使中国创新主体“走出去”的步伐变得更加轻盈迅捷。

　　“中国加入海牙协定顺应了中国创新主体的国际化发展需要，有利于激励创新主体不断研发创新、参与国际竞争。”同济大学上海国际知识产权学院创新与竞争研究中心主任任声策认为，加入海牙协定将吸引更多国外先进技术和优秀创意进入中国市场；同时，推动中国创新主体在国际大众消费品、创意设计等领域的加速发展，让中国创意、中国设计、中国制造在世界舞台上迸发熠熠光彩。

　　在中央民族大学法学院副教授熊文聪看来，中国加入海牙协定是中国深度参与WIPO框架下的全球知识产权治理的有力体现。海牙协定在中国正式生效，意味着中国已在专利、商标、著作权和外观设计领域全面融入国际体系，这既符合中国扩大知识产权国际合作的需要，也符合提升知识产权国际竞争力的需要，彰显了中国进一步扩大对外开放与合作、融入全球化经济体系、维护多边主义的坚定立场。（李杨芳 张彬彬）

（文章来源：中国知识产权报 原标题：海牙协定于5月5日在中国生效——中国正积极融入外观设计全球化体系）

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