On 25^th November 2o20 the WeChat IP Protection Conference, which is organized by Tencent, is held in Chengdu, Sichuan. As part of the conference, the WeChat Legal team synchronously releases the “2020 WeChat Brand Protection Report” and “2020 WeChat Copyright Protection Report”, showcasing WeChat’s achievements in brand and copyright protection field.

According to the report, 390+ world-renowned brand owners have joined the WeChat Brand Protection Platform (BPP). From July 2019 to June 2020, WeChat has forwarded more than 410,000 infringement leads to brand owners, taken actions against over 71,000 infringing personal accounts, and blocked more than 35,000 infringing accounts. The Team also processed 120,000+ copyright infringement complaints, including over 60,000 infringements of text plagiarism, 30,000 infringements of film and television works, and 20,000 of online audio, video, pirated textbooks and software.

Wei Ji, Deputy Director of Bureau of Law Enforcement and Inspection, State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and Guiyu Chen, Deputy Director, Inspection Bureau, Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation share valuable insights on the protection of Internet intellectual property rights.

Heavyweight keynote speakers of the conference include Tom Simpson, President of China-Britain Business Council (CBCC), Filippo Sticconi, Chair of the IPR Working Group, European Chamber (IPCC), Yanping Tan, Director of Criminal Enforcement, Greater China, Louis Vuitton Malletier, Zhi Yang, Director of Brand Protection Department, JD Group, Yuguo Zhang, President, International Publishers Copyright Protection Coalition in China, Caixiao Yi, Secretary General of the Beijing Anti-Piracy Publisher Alliance, Peng Wu, Deputy Secretary General of Chinese Financial Media Copyright Protection Alliance, among others.

Jason Yao, Partner and Management Committee Member of Wanhuida Intellectual Property attends the Conference.