On December 10, 2024, the international symposium titled "Empowering Greater Bay Area Development and Safeguarding High-Quality Growth through Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property" was held in Guangzhou. During the opening ceremony, Vice President Yuan Jun of the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court and Dean Fang Quan of the Faculty of Law at Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) signed a cooperation agreement on behalf of their respective institutions. The signing was witnessed by Zhang Haibo, President of the Guangdong Provincial High People’s Court; Li Jian, Chief Judge of the Third Civil Division of the Supreme People’s Court; Hong Shiquan, President of the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court; and Wang Guanghui, Deputy Secretary-General of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of Political and Legal Affairs.
Dean Fang Quan (Second from Right) Signs the Agreement with Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court
The signing of this agreement will leverage the Faculty of Law’s strengths in talent cultivation and theoretical research in intellectual property (IP) and the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court’s practical expertise in judicial IP protection. It aims to foster the organic integration of industry, academia, research, and legal practice, directly responding to the requirements of the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to strengthen judicial cooperation and talent development. This initiative also marks a significant step in deepening innovative collaboration between Macau and mainland judicial institutions and academic entities. Moving forward, both parties will seize this opportunity to jointly enhance the intellectual property protection standards in the Greater Bay Area from theoretical and practical perspectives, advancing the region’s goal of becoming an internationally renowned hub for IP protection.
The symposium was guided by the Guangdong Provincial High People’s Court, hosted by the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court, and co-organized by the Guangdong Intellectual Property Protection Association. Scholars and judges engaged in discussions across three key topics, Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property and the Greater Bay Area’s Open Competitiveness, Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property and the Development of New Quality Productive Forces and Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property and the Growth of the Digital Industry. Professor Yi Zaicheng, assistant dean of the MUST Faculty of Law, delivered a keynote speech during the first thematic session.
Assistant Dean Yi Zaicheng Delivering Keynote Speech
