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Prosecutors told to be prudent handling research lawsuits

Xinhua, July 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

Prosecutors should be prudent when dealing with cases involving scientific research so as to encourage technological innovation, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said on Thursday.

Researchers' legal income earned through consultancy services, equity dividends and intellectual property should be protected and distinguished from embezzlement and bribe-taking, the SPP said in a statement.

Prosecutors should also establish a clear line between well-intentioned research projects that fail to bear fruit and those that gain funds through deception, it added.

"The scientific research sector has its own operating mechanism and specialties, and prosecutors should be prudent in handling new issues such as financing of innovation and commercialization of research findings," said Song Hansong, an anti-corruption official with the SPP.

The procuratorate vowed to be tough on breach of intellectual property rights and corruption related with administration of science and technology research. Endi