Why can’t “National IPR Week” be every week? The answer is because then it wouldn’t be so special.

April 20 – April 26 is a time that we put our petty differences aside and think about how Paramount and Disney are losing money.

“IPR Week” held nationwide around the World Intellectual Property Day aims to enhance the public’s IPR awareness and call on the whole society to take part in IPR protection work.

Since the first IPR Week in 2004, it has been a platform for publicizing China’s IPR laws and regulations, popularizing IPR knowledge and enhancing the public’s IPR protection awareness.

This included launching this brand new website that, for some reason, at least in my browser, has text that will not stop blinking. I tried reading it but the eye strain was too much. But it is worth checking out the 2006 Top Ten IPR Protection Events in China and the inaugurated announcement

And for those who are really interested you can check out the China’s Action Plan on IPR Protection 2007.

I only wish there were guidelines for celebrating this holiday. Should we be jeering at the pirate DVD sellers? Burning my fake Crocodile wallet and Pamu jacket? Writing thank you letters to Microsoft? I just don’t know.

Thanks to Tech China Blog for posting about this and bringing it to my attention.

Related recent IPR fun:
Blame Canada!
U.S. vs China at the WTO: “We’re too old!”
Pirates of the Middle Kingdom (update)
IPR infringements: Glass Is Half Full or Half Empty?

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