The center is established to serve the following purposes:

(1) Improving efficiency in judging online infringement cases: the Zhejiang Center transfers the received patent infringement complaint cases to local IP right Assistance Centers, and the local centers will produce Advisory Opinions quickly;

(2) Improving cooperation in the transference and execution of online cases: Local Intellectual Property Office should respond promptly after receiving the request for assisting execution; 

(3) Serving as the bridge between online and offline case handling: upon confirming patent infringement and counterfeiting, the Zhejiang Center will confirm detailed information of the accused party through electronic commerce platform and send case clues to local Intellectual Property Offices for offline law enforcement, thereby cracking down patent infringement and counterfeiting from the source.

(Source: Website of SIPO)