Guozhiban Hanyunzi (2020) No. 953

Intellectual Property Offices of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and Sichuan Intellectual Property Service Promotion Center:

Improving the implementation quality of national standards for enterprise intellectual property management and doing a good job in standard implementation effectiveness inspections are effective means to promote the construction of enterprise intellectual property management systems to improve quality and efficiency, and are of great significance to the establishment and improvement of modern enterprise intellectual property management systems. In order to further promote the high-quality development of intellectual property standards and certification, and to improve the ability and level of enterprise intellectual property management, the relevant matters are hereby notified as follows.

1. Effectively raise the awareness of enterprises to independently carry out high-quality certification. It is necessary to highlight the quality orientation, optimize and improve the supporting policies for the implementation of intellectual property standards and certification, and focus on guiding innovative enterprises with strong innovation capabilities and obvious intellectual property advantages to improve market competitiveness through the implementation of standards, both "re-expanding" and "promoting quality improvement." It is necessary to highlight enterprise independence, strengthen the interpretation of intellectual property standard certification policies and business presentations, improve the consciousness and independence of enterprise standard implementation, promote the effective operation and continuous optimization of the intellectual property management system, and gradually realize the transition from "government promotion" to "market requirements". ". It is necessary to highlight the effectiveness of the implementation of the standard, and make the effectiveness inspection an important part of the internal audit of the enterprise and the external audit of the certification body, monitor and evaluate the changes in the quality of intellectual property rights and the improvement of benefits before and after the implementation of the standard, so as to achieve the goal ".

2. Continue to optimize the supply of high-standard compliance certification services. It is necessary to guide certification agencies to upgrade certification services, and make the effectiveness inspection of standard implementation the core content of improving the quality of certification services. Encourage and support certification agencies to publish high-standard certification service content on the National Intellectual Property Standards Certification and Certification Learning Platform (hereinafter referred to as the "learning platform") in the form of service commitments, attract enterprises to independently select the best, receive corporate supervision feedback, and promote continuous improvement of service quality .

3. Actively create a high-quality certification policy environment. On the basis of the implementation of the "Notice of the Office of the State Intellectual Property Office on Regulating the Implementation and Certification of the Intellectual Property Management System" (Guozhiban Fayunzi [2019] No. 34), further highlight the high-quality orientation and fully mobilize enterprises to implement standards As the endogenous driving force for innovation and development, the passing of intellectual property standard certification must not be an important condition for applying for other intellectual property projects, and enterprises are required to carry out standard certification in disguise. Support certification agencies to win the market by upgrading high-standard services, and must not set policy thresholds such as early establishment of certification agencies and large market scale as rigid conditions to form a monopoly and affect fair competition.

4. Strive to build a comprehensive service carrier for high-level standard implementation certification. It is necessary to better play the role of the learning platform as the main position in the national intellectual property standard certification learning and exchange activities, continue to improve the function and content of the learning platform, strengthen publicity and multi-party linkage, and further provide authority, public welfare, convenience, and convenience for various service targets. Open online services. It is necessary to do a good job in the statistical analysis of the background data of the learning platform, continue to track the learning situation and internal needs of the enterprise, accurately provide comprehensive services, support upgrade certification services, and support enterprise innovation and development.

Hereby inform.

Office of the State Intellectual Property Office

October 30, 2020

Source: Quality and Certification