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icy Watch: Brief Analysis of the Intellectual Property Sections of Three Influential International Trade Agreements and one Bilateral Trade Agreement
6. Unfair Competition
CPTPP provides criminal proceedings and penalty for
unfair competition, while RCEP does not have these
relevant requirements.
The ETA specifies on how to protect trade secrets, in-
cluding the relevant definitions of trade secrets, the
burden of proof in civil proceedings and criminal pro-
tection. While RCEP does not mention trade secrets, it
rather provides for protection of undisclosed informa-
tion, which is different from the ETA.
7. Implementation of Intellectual Property Rights
RCEP requires each Party to establish an intellectual
property protection system against infringement, while
the ETA, based on the existing intellectual property
protection systems, requires China to reinforce mea-
sures against infringement.
In terms of an intellectual property protection system,
RCEP divides it into civil remedies, border measures
and criminal remedies. In addition, the ETA empha-
sizes administrative remedies. For example, it requires
China to take effective and fast enforcement action and
increase the frequency of enforcement actions.
RCEP civil remedies emphasize fair and reasonable
procedures, where each Party should provide the right
holders access to any civil judicial proceedings related
to the enforcement of intellectual property. The de-
fendants shall be provided timely written notice with
sufficient details, including the basis of claims. All the
parties concerned in the proceedings should be al-
lowed to be represented by independent legal counsel,
and the proceedings should not impose excessive re-
quirements to compel such persons to appear in court.
At the same time, alternative dispute resolution can be
used to settle civil disputes related to intellectual prop-
erty22. For civil remedies, the ETA requires simplified
document certification and gives opportunity to invite
experts or witnesses for cross-examination of witness
testimony at trials23.
22 RCEP Chapter 11, Section J, Article 59
23 ETA Chapter 1, Section H, Article 1.31
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