Chinese and US officials agreed on a number of measures, including export controls and investment, during trade talks in Washington.
Intellectual property filings worldwide kept growing strongly in 2011, with patent applications for the first time exceeding 2 million.
Apple Inc has appealed against a court ruling which ordered the US electronics giant to pay 520,000 yuan for copyright infringements.
An increasing number of patents and trademark registrations is boosting social awareness of intellectual property rights, or IPR, in China.
Encouraging innovation and protecting intellectual property rights are key to the success of China's ongoing efforts for economic restructuring and industrial upgrading, a senior Chinese trade official said.
Premier Wen Jiabao assured international companies they will be given equal treatment when entering the strategic emerging industries.
Since the end of the London Olympics, professional trademark pre-emptors have been trying to capitalize on the names of Chinese Olympic champions.
The number of applications submitted for trademark registration reached 10.54 million at the end of June, ranking the first in the world.
The Ministry of Commerce has published its work plan for the third quarter, highlighting a crackdown on IPR infringement and the production and selling of fake or forged goods.
The Ministry of Public Security received an award from the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group on Tuesday for its outstanding contributions to stop IPR violations.
Philipp Lahm, Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta are world-popular soccer stars, but they have also attracted attention that they might not want - from Chinese companies registering their names as trademarks.
The largest soy sauce manufacturer in China recently filed a lawsuit against the already scandal-wracked Weiji Seasoning Food Co Ltd, accusing it of using a "misleading" name that could cause confusion between the companies.
The General Office of the State Council on Friday released a work agenda concerning the protection of intellectual property rights.
Many fake Italian brands, which are popular in China, do not exist in Italy at all.
Pragmatic progress has been made in the dispute between Proview Technology (Shenzhen) and Apple Inc over use of the iPad trademark.
As of the end of last year, the number of valid invention patents in China totaled 697,000, including 351,000 belonging to domestic owners.
A mediated settlement is the preferred solution to a high-profile lawsuit between tech giant Apple and a Chinese company over the iPad trademark.
Disputes over online trademark infringement are rising sharply as e-commerce flourishes, a spokesman for the Supreme People's Court said on Tuesday.
The number of cases handled by Chinese courts nationwide regarding intellectual property rights (IPR) disputes and violations surged in 2011.
Chinese consumers are up in arms over "Italian" luxury goods that were recently revealed to have been manufactured in China.
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