Articles of Association of the China Italy Chamber of Commerce

the General Meeting of Members (the "Meeting"); the Steering Council (the "Council"); President; Vice-President; Vice President of Shanghai District; Vice President of Guangdong District; Treasurer; Secretary.

Founded in 1991, the China-Italy Chamber of Commerce (CICC) is a non-governmental, spontaneous, non-profit organization composed of legal entities and individuals in Italy. Its members include the main Italian industrial groups, banks, law firms, transport companies and a number of small and medium-sized enterprises. The China-Italy Chamber of Commerce regularly provides its members with information on the Chinese economy and the Chinese business environment, and is ready to advise and support them upon request.

The China-Italy Chamber of Commerce also organizes meetings between its members and leading Chinese personalities and economists from Italy. The China-Italy Chamber of Commerce is in contact with the Italian Embassy and the Italian Office in China in order to coordinate and implement projects of mutual interest. As a member of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, the China-Italy Chamber of Commerce actively supports the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China to play its role as a representative of European business interests in the interaction between Chinese and other institutions.

At the same time, many members of the China-Italy Chamber of Commerce participated in the activities of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China Working Group, which formed the core of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. 1The main objective of the project was to promote the development of an industrial property culture in Italy, particularly in the private sector, in order to raise awareness of the importance of patents and patent information for the development of Italian businesses. Concept:

More information on industrial property rights to the business sector would increase the demand for and use of patents and trademarks. Activities: Establishment of an information centre within the Chamber of Commerce; Establishing a ** connection between the centres and the network; Outreach and awareness-raising activities were undertaken in order to sensitize businesses to the opportunities offered by the industrial property system and the services provided by the clearing-house.

In 2000, under the coordination of Dintec1, 19 Italian Chambers of Commerce and specialized institutions affiliated with the Chambers of Commerce planned a project to create a "Network of Information Centres for the Dissemination of Patent Culture". The main objective of the project was to promote the development of an industrial property culture in Italy, particularly in the private sector, in order to raise awareness of the importance of patents and patent information for the development of Italian businesses.

It is believed that patents protect:

It would give Italian companies a competitive advantage, as it would protect the costs invested in research and development by ensuring that they had the exclusive right to use the invention for a certain period of time.

And the use of the information contained in patent databases is crucial for businesses as it enables them to:

Verify that the same invention that the enterprise intends to protect meets the requirements of novelty and non-apparent and visible (anti-spring and exemplary behavior);

Keeping abreast of recent technological developments in order to obtain licenses from patent holders (development of new activities);

Obtain information on the R&D activities of competitors and understand the direction of technological innovation in a given field (monitoring the competitive situation);