About IPR2 

A milestone for EU-China co-operation on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights

IPR2 was a partnership project between the European Union and the People's Republic of China, jointly funded and implemented from 2007 to 2011. During this time, a large number of European and Chinese experts were brought together to address common issues on the Chinese legislative, judicial and administrative systems for administering and enforcing intellectual property rights, to increase access to IP information and provide support right holders. In doing so, IPR2 targeted the reliability, efficiency and accessibility of the IP protection system, aimed at establishing a sustainable environment for effective IPR enforcement in China.

IPR2's aim was to improve the effectiveness of IPR enforcement in China. The specific project objectives focused on strengthening the Chinese legal framework of IPR laws and regulations, the technical capacity of institutions involved in IPR to handle IPR cases, civil, criminal and administrate enforcement, access to information tools and IPR understood and used by both Chinese and European right holders as a strategic tool for business development; and building up an EU-China stakeholder network.

In the course of project implementation, IPR2 initiated a broad range of IPR-related information tools, reference materials and services including expert presentations, training and e-learning modules, comparative studies, case law compendia, Q&A manuals, guidelines for industry and other publications. These are provided for public access, in the form of:

IPR2 Document Centre - An search tool for intellectual property documentation by leading experts from China and Europe, representing the consolidated expert works of the Project; and

IP Law Search - Access to laws relevant for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property in China and the European Union, aiming to be a valuable source of information for companies, professionals and students working, studying or simply interested in the Chinese or European legal IP environment.