2008年，湖南省知识产权事业发展成效显著，为湖南自主创新和经济社会发展做出了积极贡献。
一、知识产权保护环境进一步优化
省委、省政府高度重视知识产权工作。省新型工业化领导小组把企业专利工作纳入新型工业化考核指标体系。省人民政府第20次常务会议审议并原则通过了《湖南省知识产权战略实施纲要》，2009年2月26日由省人民政府正式颁布实施。
知识产权宣传不断深入，人才培养工作稳步推进。省人民政府发布了“2007年湖南省知识产权保护状况”。全省全年共举办知识产权培训班70多期，培训人员共计15,000人次。湘潭大学成立了知识产权学院。
知识产权协调保护取得新进展。各知识产权相关部门在全省开展知识产权联合执法及宣传活动，取得良好成效。截至2008年12月底，湖南省保护知识产权举报投诉服务中心全年共接受举报投诉咨询167 件。
知识产权对湖南经济的推动作用明显增强。2008年，全省专利实施数量为7699件，实现销售收入692.21亿元，实现利税96.71亿元，出口创汇17.6亿美元。
二、知识产权创造和保护迈上新台阶
（一）专利
2008年，湖南申请专利14,016件，授权6133件，同比增长24.78%、7.84%。其中申请发明专利5335件、授权1196件。全年专利许可合同备案67件。
全省专利行政执法立案163件、结案156件。组织开展了“天网”、“雷雨”专项行动，全省共出动执法人员722人次，检查商场304次，检查商品10,320件。
（二）商标
2008年，全省共申请注册商标10,293件，核准7636件，同比增长24.2%；3件地理标志证明商标被核准注册；认定湖南省著名商标308件，11件商标被国家工商总局认定为中国驰名商标。
全省各级工商行政管理机关查处各类商标违法案件1429件，收缴和消除商标标识42.03万件，收缴专门用于商标侵权的模具印版等工具20件，没收销毁侵权商品17.57吨。
（三）版权
2008年，全省作品自愿登记252件，计算机软件版权登记524件，开展涉外版权贸易306项，其中引进外国版权226项，对外输出版权80项。
全省版权行政部门开展了“打击非法预装计算机软件专项治理行动”和“打击网络侵权盗版专项行动”，取得显著成效。
全省各级文化行政部门全年共出动检查人员28万余人次，检查各类文化市场摊点21.4万余个，办结各类案件10,335起，收缴非法音像制品126.5万余张（盘）。
（四）植物新品种
2008年，全省共有植物新品种授权25个。截至2008年12月，全省累计植物新品种授权82个。
（五）打击知识产权犯罪
2008年全省公安机关共立侵犯知识产权犯罪案件51起,涉案金额816万元；破案48起，挽回经济损失193万元，抓获犯罪嫌疑人35名。
（六）知识产权司法保护
2008年，全省法院共受理知识产权一、二审案件584件，结案率达 95%,审判流程信息登陆率100%，裁判文书上网率100%。各级法院知识产权审判部门全年对19件案件进行了7次网络直播。目前，全省14个市州中级法院已有12个中级法院设立了民三庭，负责知识产权案件的审理。
（七）海关知识产权保护
2008年长沙海关共办理知识产权案件17起，收缴各类假冒、盗版侵权物品3400余件。
Summary of Hunan Provincial Intellectual Property Protection in 2008
The year of 2008 witnessed rapid progress of intellectual property development in Hunan Province which had contributed much to Hunan’s independent innovation as well as economic and social development.
I. The Further Optimized Environment of IPR Protection
The Provincial Committee of the CPC and the Provincial Government attach much importance to the work of IPR protection. The provincial office of new-model industrialization embodied the work of enterprise patents into the evaluation index system of new-model industrialization. The 20th provincial people's government executive meeting evaluated and approved in principle The Outline of Hunan Provincial Intellectual Property Strategy, and it is to be implemented by the provincial people's government on February 26, 2009.
IPR public education had been continuously deepened, with the work of personnel training being carried out steadily. The Provincial People's Government promulgated the Report on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights of Hunan Province in Year 2007. There were more than 70 training courses of IPR organized across the province throughout the year, and there were 15,000 trainees altogether. At present, Xiangtan University had set up the Intellectual Property Institute.
The coordination of protection of IPR has made new progress. The departments related to IPR in the province carried out joint enforcement actions and public education activities, and achieved fruitful results. By the end of December, 2008, the Provincial IPR Service Centre has altogether received 167 pieces of complaints and inquiries.
The positive impact of intellectual property on the economy of Hunan is obvious. In 2008，the number of patents coming into effect was 7,699, the sales income reached 69.221 billion RMB Yuan, the tax was 9.671 billion RMB Yuan, and the exports value totaled 1.76 billion U.S. Dollars.
II. A Higher Level of Intellectual Property Creation and Protection
1. Patent
In 2008, 14,016 patent applications were filed and 6,133 patents were granted, with an increase of 24.78% and 7.84% respectively compared with previous year. The number of invention patent applications was 5,335, with the number of granted patents as 1,196. In the whole year, 67 patent license contracts were on record.
The patent administration departments at all levels across the province put on record 163 cases in total while 156 cases were concluded. In accordance to the national unified plan, the special actions of "Sky Net" and "Thunder Storm" were organized and 722 law enforcement officers participated in the inspections of 304 shops and 10,320 commodities.
2. Trademark
In 2008, there were 10,293 trademark registration applications, and 7,636 approved ones, with an increase of 24.2% more than last year; 3 geographical indication trademarks were approved; 308 Hunan Famous Brands were identified while 11 Well-known Trademarks in China were identified by the State Administration of Industry and Commerce.
The industrial and commercial administrative organs at all levels altogether investigated and concluded 1,429 Trademark Law related infringement cases, taking over and eliminating trademark signs 420,300 pieces, confiscating 20 pieces of printing template used for trademark infringement, confiscating and destroying infringing goods 17.57 tons.
3. Copyright
In 2008，there were a total of 252 voluntarily registered works and 524 software copyright registrations. 306 foreign-related copyrights trade were carried out, including 226 foreign copyrights imported and 80 copyrights exported.
Copyright administrative departments carried out the special management action of fighting against illegal pre-installed computer software and the fight against internet piracy, and achieved fruitful results.
There were 280,000 inspector-attendances of the province's cultural administrative departments involved in the inspection of 214,000 cultural markets, concluded 10,335 cases, captured over 1,265,000 disks of illegal audio and video products.
4. New Plant Varieties
In 2008, authorized Agricultural New Plant Varieties in Hunan were 25 pieces. By the end of 2008, new agricultural plant varieties authorized had amounted to 82.
5. Combating the IPR Crime
In 2008, the public security departments in Hunan coped with 51 cases of IPR infringement, with total value involved over 8.16 million RMB Yuan, and detected 48 cases, restored economic losses of 1.93 million RMB Yuan, and arrested 35 suspects.
6. IPR Judicial Protection
In 2008, all level courts in Hunan dealt with 584 civil cases about IPR at first and second instances, with the case conclusion rate 95% with all the trial information uploaded on the designated website. IPR Trial courts at all levels heard 19 cases online for seven times. At present, in 14 cities’ intermediate people's courts, 12 had established such mechanism.
7. IPR Customs Protection
2008 statistics showed that Changsha Customs handled 17 IPR cases, 3,400 items of all types of counterfeit and copyright piracy were captured.
