The picture shows the emblem of the 222 Beijing Winter Olympics "Winter Dream". Image source: Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics

The National Copyright Administration today issued the Notice on Special Copyright Protection for the Emblem of the Beijing 222 Winter Olympics and the Emblem of the Winter Paralympics, which requires strengthening the copyright protection of the Emblem. Unless otherwise stipulated by laws and regulations, no unit or individual may use the Emblem without the permission of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics.

The notice mentioned that the emblem of the Beijing 222 Winter Olympics and the emblem of the Winter Paralympics (referred to as the emblem) are the most prominent symbols of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the copyright has been registered by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 222 Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympics (referred to as the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee) according to law. Unless otherwise stipulated by laws and regulations, no unit or individual may use the emblem without the permission of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee.

It is clear in the notice that the National Copyright Administration has decided to carry out the special copyright protection of the emblem of the Beijing 222 Winter Olympics and the emblem of the Winter Paralympics nationwide from December 16th, 217.

The National Copyright Administration requires that the copyright administrative law enforcement departments at all levels should strengthen the daily supervision of the copyright of the emblem, increase the input of law enforcement resources, make full use of the copyright monitoring platform and other technical means, carry out all-round inspection of the copyright of the emblem, find the infringement clues in time, fix the evidence at the first time, and organize elite forces to investigate and deal with it quickly and strictly according to law.

at the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the work of reporting complaints about the infringement of the emblem, widely publicize the ways of reporting complaints, issue a notice of reporting incentives, and increase the incentives for effective reporting. Strengthen communication with large bazaars, commodity distribution centers, book wholesale markets, famous tourist attractions and e-commerce platforms within the jurisdiction, and promote relevant units to actively collect clues about the infringement of the emblem and report to the copyright administrative law enforcement department in a timely manner.

The National Copyright Administration requires that copyright administrative law enforcement departments at all levels should focus on the copyright supervision of precious and non-precious metal products, silk products, ceramic products, stationery products and other key products related to the emblem, aiming at the important time nodes related to the emblem, such as the release of the emblem, the online trial operation of licensed products, the issuance of commemorative stamps of the emblem and the start of business of franchised stores.

all localities should identify key regulatory targets, regulatory markets and regulatory areas offline, identify key regulatory websites, e-commerce platforms and mobile Internet application (APP) stores online, dig deep into case clues, trace back to the source, achieve online and offline collaborative case handling, and implement full coverage crackdown on online and offline illegal activities.

The National Copyright Administration requires that copyright administrative law enforcement departments at all levels should identify a number of key cases that infringe the copyright of the emblem, concentrate their efforts on investigating and handling them quickly, and increase administrative punishment according to law.

those who are suspected of committing a crime should be promptly handed over to the public security department for filing according to the mechanism of "linking the two laws", and the criminal crackdown should be intensified according to law, so as to maintain a high-pressure situation against Olympic-related infringement and piracy.

The announcement of BOCOG on the emblem of Beijing 222 Winter Olympics and the emblem of Beijing Paralympic Winter Games

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