知识产权代理也要“反内卷”！国家知识产权局发声

Core Viewpoint - The wave of "anti-involution" has extended to the intellectual property agency industry, with a shift from "price competition" to "quality competition" being emphasized to avoid negative competition and ensure a healthy industry environment [1][10]. Group 1: Intellectual Property Statistics - During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the added value of patent-intensive industries is expected to increase from 11.97% of GDP in 2020 to 13.04% in 2023 [2]. - As of June this year, the number of valid invention patents in China reached 5.01 million, a year-on-year increase of 13.2%, with the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 people reaching a new high of 15.3 [2][6]. - Nearly 40% of high-value invention patents have a maintenance period exceeding 10 years, totaling approximately 793,000, which is 3.1 times that at the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan" [8]. Group 2: Industry Governance and Quality Improvement - The National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) is strengthening industry governance to guide the patent agency industry away from "involution" and negative competition, while also cracking down on plagiarism, patchwork, and fraud in patent applications [4][11]. - NIPA is promoting the "Blue Sky" rectification special action in the trademark agency industry and has introduced the "Trademark Agency Supervision and Management Regulations" [10]. - To enhance service quality in the agency industry, NIPA is addressing "involution-style" competition by releasing government procurement standards for patent and trademark agency services, encouraging agencies to improve service precision and price matching [13]. Group 3: Support for Enterprises Going Global - NIPA is actively enhancing intellectual property protection for Chinese enterprises going global, having provided guidance services 2,393 times and consultation services 6,885 times, helping reduce litigation costs by 1.32 billion yuan and recover economic losses of 3.804 billion yuan [15]. - The agency is also focusing on improving foreign-related intellectual property laws and regulations, and has compiled a comprehensive guide on intellectual property laws and treaties from 189 countries and regions [15][16].