Tougher punishment.

(From China Daily)

Tougher measures should be taken to intensify the crackdown on intellectual property right (IPR) violations, says an editorial in Beijing News. An excerpt follows: In a judicial interpretation on IPR infringement, released by the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate on December 21, a stricter criterion was laid down. The move has greatly reduced the threshold to punishing IPR violators. However, this is only an initial achievement in protecting IPR. To crack down on the IPR crimes more effectively, some explicitly interpreted measures are needed. As company infringement is considered far more serious than that made by single …