China vows further judicial protection for traditional medicine intellectual property - Xinhua

BEIJING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's apex tribunal has introduced guidelines connected strengthening the judicial extortion for intelligence spot successful Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) successful each respects.

The 16-article guidelines issued precocious by the Supreme People's Court enactment distant targeted measures regarding large areas and cardinal issues of TCM, providing wide guidance for the adjudicatory enactment related to TCM intelligence property.

The guidelines vow to beef up the judicial extortion of well-known trademarks, accepted brands, and time-honored brands successful TCM, and beforehand the passing down and improvement of TCM brands.

TCM trademark registrations with an sick volition shall beryllium punished according to the law, with malicious litigations to beryllium tackled resolutely, accidental the guidelines, adding that TCM trademark infringement volition beryllium cracked down connected harshly.  ■