Coordination between the Intellectual Property Enforcement in the Digital Environment and the Data Security

As an increasing number of intellectual property (IP) infringements have been done through internet, to strengthen the IP enforcement rules in the digital environment is increasingly becoming a national consensus. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), in keeping with this trend, launched a strong set of rules, but caused considerable controversy due to its specific measures that may infringe the data security. This article attempts to examine the IP enforcement rules in the digital environment from the perspective of data security. After making an overview of the IP enforcement rules in the digital environment, this article further analyses the problems in the data security that arises from this set of rules. On this basis, this article combs the legislative status quo of China, and discusses how to keep coordination in the future between strengthening the IP enforcement rules in the digital environment and the data security, and puts forward specific recommendations.