駱家輝在大使知識產權圓桌會議上的講話

Remarks at Ambassador’s Intellectual Property Rights Roundtable
在大使知識產權圓桌會議上的講話

U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke
美國駐華大使駱家輝

November 14, 2013
2013年11月14日

I want to thank all of our speakers today and all of the attendees—the great thought leaders here in the intellectual property rights field.
我要感謝今天我們所有發言者和所有與會者——他們是這裏知識產權領域的偉大思想領袖。

Today we have a great opportunity to hear from U.S. and Chinese leaders in the Intellectual Property Rights field.
今天，我們有很好的機會來聆聽美中知識產權領域領導人的發言。

I am especially pleased that Chairman Liu of the Education, Science, Culture, and Public Health Committee of the National People’s Congress, has been able to take time out of his busy schedule to speak with us today – so thank you Chairman Liu. Not just for speaking with us today, but for your incredible leadership on IPR protection and enforcement all these years. Let’s give Chairman Liu a big round of applause.
我特別高興的是，全國人民代表大會教育科學文化衛生委員會的柳主任今天能從百忙之中抽出時間來發言——謝謝柳主任。不只是今天來發言，而且還有他這些年在知識產權保護和強制執行上令人難以置信的領導。讓我們熱烈歡迎柳主任。

I also want to thank several Chinese government officials for attending this luncheon and also for participating in our forum this afternoon. We have Deputy Director General Chai of the Office of IPR Leading Group, Ministry of Commerce; Director General Yu of the National Copyright Administration of China; and Deputy Director General Yang of the Office of Treaty and Law of the Ministry of Commerce.
我還要感謝今天出席午餐會以及今天下午參加我們論壇的幾位中國政府官員。他們是商務部知識產權領導小組辦公室的柴副主任，中國國家版權局的於司長，以及商務部條約法律司的楊副司長。

Also want to thank our industry partners for their long support of this Ambassador’s IPR roundtable throughout many, many years and that includes:
我還要感謝許多年來我們產業夥伴對大使知識產權圓桌會議的很多年的支持，它們包括：

the United States Information Technology Office
美國信息技術辦公室

·the US-China Business Council
美中商業委員會

and the American Chamber of Commerce.
和美國商會

But special thanks goes out to the Business Software Alliance and the Quality Brands Protection Committee, for their help in making this year’s program a reality. We want to thank you so much for your financial support.
特別感謝商業軟件聯盟和優質品牌保護委員會，他們的幫助讓今年的計劃成爲現實。我們太感謝你們的財務支持了。

We established the Ambassador’s Intellectual Property Roundtable 11 years ago. It has since become a cornerstone for U.S.-China dialogue on intellectual property rights protection and enforcement.
11年前，我們成立了大使知識財產圓桌會議。從此，它已成爲美中知識產權保護和強制執行對話的基石。

The Roundtable has grown to include direct conversations between Chinese and American thought leaders, innovators on how China and the United States can work together to further enhance China’s Intellectual Property Rights systems for the benefit of innovators and consumers, not just in China, but around the world.
圓桌會議已經成長爲包括中美思想領袖、創新者的直接對話，該對話探討中國和美國如何能一起努力，進一步加強中國的知識產權體系，造福於不只中國乃至世界各地的創新者和消費者。

The great thing about this annual Roundtable is that the direct conversations we start here today will continue into the future.
這次年度圓桌會議的好處就是我們今天在這裏開始的直接對話將延續下去。

Though we have many differences, our willingness to come together to resolve those differences means that we can find solutions that work for both sides.
雖然我們有很多分歧，但我們願聚到一起解決這些分歧的意願意味着我們能夠找到雙方都能接受解決辦法。

A truly innovation-based economy requires protection of intellectual property rights through effective and vigorous enforcement mechanisms, because for a right to be truly a right, for a right to be truly an asset—it can only happen if that right can be protected and the rights holder has confidence in the ability to enforce it.
一個真正的以創新爲基礎的經濟體需要通過有效且有力的強制執行機制來保護知識產權，因爲要權利成爲真正的權利，要權利成爲真正的資產 — 只有在權利能夠得到保護，權利人對強制執行它的能力有信心情況下，這才能發生。

And this confidence can only be gained by ensuring strong commercial rule of law.
而這種信心只有通過確保強有力的商業法治才能獲得。

I’m a lawyer by training, actually a former criminal prosecutor. But I’ve also been a governor of the state of Washington, Secretary of Commerce, and now U.S. Ambassador to China. And all throughout those posts, the importance of commercial rule of law has become even more clear, every single day.
我是一名受過訓練的律師，一名前刑事公訴官。但我也曾是華盛頓州州長，商務部長，而現在是美國駐中國大使。在這些職位上時，每一天商業法治的重要性都變得更加明確。

There must be an appropriate and transparent legal regime. Companies must have access to complete and clear laws and rules that govern them.
必須有一套合適的、透明的法律體系。公司必須有機會了解管理他們的完整明晰的法律和規則。

Those laws and rules must be fair and balanced, and provide a legal framework that companies can understand and apply.
這些法律和規則必須是公平的、平衡的，並且提供一個公司能夠理解和應用法律框架。

Commercial rule of law is not a single concept; instead it encompasses numerous components that must function together.
商業法治不是一個單一概念，相反它包含無數必須共同作用的組成部分。

Civil and criminal enforcement mechanisms must guarantee transparency before, during and after a trial.
民事和刑事強制執行機制必須確保庭審之前，期間和之後的透明度。

All litigants must be permitted to participate equally and to support their side of the argument without overly burdensome procedural rules. And there must be consistency in application of procedural remedies, especially pre-trial remedies. And trial outcomes must compensate right holders fairly and deter future infringers.
所有訴訟當事人都必須得到允許來平等地參與並支持自己一方的論點，不受過度繁瑣的程序規則限制。程序性補救措施的適用必須有一致性，特別是庭審前補救措施。庭審結果必須公平地補償權利人並遏制未來的侵權者。China has updated much of its IPR framework since Joining to the World Trade Organization some 12 years ago. This includes recent, important amendments to its trademark law earlier this year.
自大約12年前加入世界貿易組織以來，中國已經在很大程度上更新了其知識產權框架。這包括最近的，今年早些時候對它的商標法做的一些重要修訂。

China also recently revised its Civil Procedure Law to provide right holders access to pre-trial procedural tools, which will help halt infringements before they cause significant harm and this will also facilitate the gathering of evidence before it is destroyed or concealed.
中國最近也修改了它的《民事訴訟法》，以便爲權利人提供使用庭審前程序性工具的機會，這將有助於在侵權行爲造成重大損害前停止侵權，也將有利於在證據被銷燬或隱藏之前收集證據。

China’s enforcement regimes are clearly moving in the right direction. And there are more developments in China’s Intellectual Property Rights landscape every single month.
顯然，中國的強制執行機制正在向正確的方向前進。同時，中國的知識產權狀況每個月都在不斷髮展。

But our work is far from complete. For instance, the need for reform is perhaps greatest in the area of trade secrets law, which has remained unchanged since 1993. And we continue to hear from Intellectual Property Rights holders that proceedings in China lack transparency.
然而，我們的工作還遠未完成。例如，自1993年以來，中國的商業祕密法從未經過任何修訂，這或許是最需要改革的領域。同時，知識產權權利人仍然和我們說，中國的程序不夠透明。

Rights holders, including many Chinese, have told us that they were unable to present their side of a dispute, that courts lack consistency in the application of procedural remedies, and that damages awarded do not fully compensate for losses or fail to deter future infringers.
權利人，包括很多中國權利人，都告訴過我們，在糾紛案中，他們無法爲自己進行陳述，法庭程序性補救的適用缺乏連貫性，而給予的賠償不足以完全抵消損失或遏制今後的侵權者。

There is still a long road ahead before right holders in China can feel confident that their IPR will be both fully protected under the law and effectively enforced.
還有很長一段路要走，才能使在中國的權利人有信心，相信他們的知識產權將得到法律的充分保護和有效的強制執行。

Just a few weeks ago when I spoke at the U.S.-China Film Forum in Beijing, I met a Chinese entrepreneur involved in the distribution of licensed television and movie content on the Internet.
就在幾周前，我在北京的美中電影論壇發言，遇到一位中國企業家，他從事的領域是授權影視內容的因特網發行。

He said his business is struggling to compete in a market where over 90% of the content is illegally distributed.
他說，在一個90%以上都是非法發行內容的市場，他的公司在競爭中舉步維艱。

Here is a situation where you have a talented entrepreneur trying to bring legitimate content to Chinese consumers, but at every turn, his efforts are undermined by less scrupulous individuals.
情況就是，一位有才幹的企業家試圖將正當合法的內容帶給中國消費者，然而，在每個階段，他的努力都被一些不那麼嚴謹的個人破壞了。

So long as such entrepreneurs’ efforts go unrewarded, China’s efforts to develop an innovative, 21st Century economy will remain stunted.
只要這樣的企業家的付出得不到回報，中國構建21世紀創新型經濟的努力就仍將阻力重重。

To ensure China’s continued development and therefore development of the global economy, we need to expand and deepen our shared efforts to strengthen commercial rule of law.
爲確保中國的持續發展，從而確保全球經濟的發展，我們需要擴大和深化我們加強商業法治的共同努力。

Collaboration between our governments, our academic institutions, our courts, our companies, is more essential now than ever before.
我們政府、學術機構、法院和企業之間的合作從未像今天這樣重要。

There are already numerous examples of where this type of candid collaboration has begun, however.
不過，已經有很多例子說明，我們已經開始這樣的坦誠合作。

·We have seen improved cooperation between U.S. Homeland Security investigators and Chinese Customs and Public Security officers.
我們已經看到，美國國土安全部調查員和中國海關和公安部官員業已加強合作。

·We are engaging on difficult issues with the working office of China’s National IPR Leading Group, on difficult issues, including the protection of trade secrets.
我們已經開始和中國國家保護知識產權領導小組就包括商業祕密保護在內的難點問題展開對話。

·And just two weeks ago, China’s Supreme People’s Court published a report advocating greater independence by and transparency within the judiciary. This report shows that Chinese legal experts themselves are interested in improving China’s commercial rule of law framework.
僅僅兩個星期前，中國最高人民法院發佈了一份報告，主張司法部門更大的獨立性和更大的透明度。這份報告顯示，中國法律專家他們自己對於改善中國的商業法治框架感興趣。

U.S. and Chinese officials are continually exploring how to strengthen our cooperation on IPR policy and enforcement issues through a variety of bilateral government mechanisms, like the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) and the Joint Liaison Group (JLG).
通過各種雙邊政府機制，美國和中國官員在不斷探索如何加強我們之間的知識產權政策合作和強制執行問題合作，如商業貿易聯合委員會（商貿聯委會）和聯合聯絡小組（JLG）。

What I ask of you today, during your discussions this afternoon, is to identify common ground. Our colleagues holding discussions at the JCCT and the Joint Liaison Group, and elsewhere can benefit from your discussions and your agreements today.
今天我期望你們，在今天下午你們的討論中，找出共同點。我們在商貿聯委會，聯合聯絡小組以及其他地方參加討論的同事們，可以從今天你們的討論和協議中受益。

In conclusion, let me just leave you with some impressions of Thomas Edison, one of America’s most famous inventors, who died in 1931.
最後，讓我分享我對托馬斯-埃迪森的一些印象，美國最有名的發明家之一，於1931年去世。

His creativity was made possible by rigorous IPR protection and enforcement, and commercial rule of law.
他的創造力是由於爲知識產權的嚴格保護和強制執行以及商業法治而得以實現。

Edison’s ability to monetize his inventions because of intellectual property rights made it possible to continue his life of inventiveness, and gave birth to the film and music industry, among many others.
因爲知識產權，埃迪森有能力利用他的發明賺錢，使他能夠繼續他的創造性生活，電影和音樂產業，以及很多其他產業得以誕生。

One of Thomas Edison’s most cherished sayings has become an American maxim: “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration”.
托馬斯·埃迪森最珍愛的名言之一已經成爲一句美國格言：“天才是百分之一的靈感和百分之九十九的汗水”。

The 99 percent is what we are here to talk about today. We’re committed to supporting entrepreneurs by taking on the hard work of forging strong protection of Intellectual Property Rights and strong commercial rule of law. Without our efforts, the new Edisons, whether they be in China, Latin America, America, or somewhere else, won’t have the chance to realize their genius.
99%的部分是我們今天在這裏討論的。我們致力於承擔起艱苦工作建立知識產權強有力的保護和強有力的商業法治以支持企業家 。沒有我們的努力，新埃迪森們，無論他們是在中國，拉丁美洲，美國或其他地方，不會有機會實現他們的才華。

I am confident that together we can continue to make progress toward a business environment that truly inspires innovation and creativity for this generation and generations to come.
我有信心只要我們一起努力就可以繼續取得進展，爲這一代和未來的世世代代創建一個真正激發創新和創造力的商業環境。

We thank you for your upcoming work this afternoon. Good luck. And again, thank you.
我們感謝你們今天下午即將要進行的工作。祝你們好運。再一次謝謝你們。