Statement on the Protection of IPRs during Exhibitions
Reed Exhibitions has always attached great importance to the protection of the intellectual property rights during exhibitions, and is committed to building credible, sound and orderly business transaction platforms for its exhibitors and visitors.
In China, Reed Exhibitions group of companies, in active response to the campaign of "Conventions & Exhibitions under Blue-Sky" jointly launched by the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Customs, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, National Copyright Administration and State Intellectual Property Office, will further help enhance the participants' awareness of IPR protection at events it organizes in the future in China by taking the following measures, to do our best to facilitate the protection of the trademark right, copyright and patent of enterprises from home and abroad:
Upload tips on IPR protection during exhibitions at notable positions of the company's website and show websites, including release of Measures for the Protection of IPR during Exhibitions, expert advices on IPR protection during exhibitions, contacts of regulatory bodies for IPR protection during exhibitions and relevant legal service providers;
Post IPR protection publicity placards, consultation phone number and right infringement report phone number at obvious places on the sites of its exhibitions in China;
In the event of any dispute over IPR at the event organized by Reed Exhibitions, the local regulatory authority on IPR protection during exhibitions will be contacted immediately for settlement;
Invite IPR legal service providers to set up service counters at the events of Reed Exhibitions in need of such services, so as to provide on-site IPR protection consultation services for both exhibitors and visitors;
Invite IPR legal service providers to give lectures on IPR protection during certain events organized by Reed Exhibitions in China;
Keep close contact with regulatory bodies for IPR protection during exhibitions and actively coordinate with relevant activities conducted by governmental IPR departments for IPR protection during exhibitions.