On 23 april, the western city intermediate people's court held a 2024 press conference on the state of judicial protection of intellectual property rights and typical cases, which published the status of judicial protection of intellectual property rights in the western city intermediate people's court (2024) and the simán city intermediate people's court's annual typical case of intellectual property (2024)。
It is known that in 2024, the sian two courts handled a total of 6431 intellectual property cases, of which 1,044 were heard by the sian central court's intellectual property court and 5387 by the basic court; the sian two courts concluded 5804 intellectual property cases, 713 by the sian central court's intellectual property court and 5091 by the basic court. Intellectual property cases are characterized by a marked increase in the number and percentage of copyright disputes over computer software in copyright cases, a steady increase in the number and percentage of trademark rights and unfair competition disputes, and a marked increase in the number of patent disputes against appearance design in patent disputes。
In may 2024, the sian central court, together with the municipal judicial department, selected and recruited a team of intellectual property professionals to join the people's jury team in the sian municipal courts, and launched a model for a joint panel of “specialized judges plus professional assessors” to hear difficult and complex intellectual property cases, which greatly enhances the quality of trials。
The itosian intellectual property tribunal and the two intellectual property circuits in the xinjiang and gao nu regions are “one wing” structures that provide strong judicial support for technological innovation, industrial innovation and institutional innovation through precision protection of key core technologies and high-tech intellectual property rights, and maintain high-quality and efficient judicial protection as an enabler for the development of new quality productivity。
The court created the “no proceedings community” model site in the hard-tech innovation neighbourhood of the university of the rim rings and launched the “pre-conciliation + case quick start + credit restoration” mechanism; the goose tower court launched the province's first-ever overseas intellectual property dispute response mechanism and issued the first province-wide report on the status of intellectual property rights overseas and early warning information。
It was explained that the typical cases published covered various subjects, including copyright, new varieties of plants, trademarks, unfair competition, patent rights, both civil and criminal intellectual property rights。
The proceedings of the people's court in the case of a dispute between a certain business company in shandong city and a certain business company in zhang zhang zheng city, a farm centre in wuqung county, a business company in jiao city, and a farming company in wuqung county against the right to new varieties of plants have not only served the legitimate rights and interests of the right-holders, but also provided stable expectations and institutional safeguards for the research and development of the good species through judicial decisions, which have helped to create a culture-based environment that respects innovation and protects the results。
The accused, li chi ning, is a typical information network criminal case against copyright, which focuses on the unauthorized mass dissemination of works of writing and the illicit enrichment thereof. The people's court, in accordance with the law and by reasoned decision, effectively responded to the public's concern for the protection of copyright on the internet, highlighting the clear position of the judiciary on the “zero tolerance” of digital copyright violations。
In the case of a dispute between a tea and a restaurant management company in shaanxi concerning the infringement of trademark rights, applying the concept of strict protection, increasing the level of judicial sanctions against well-known trademark infringers and perpetrators of unfair competition, leading the population and market subjects to become self-observing and steadfast defenders of the concept of fair competition, thereby substantially defending consumer rights by protecting the rights of intellectual property rights holders, and helping to create a safe and secure consumer environment in which consumers can buy and eat comfortably。
Zian's press reporter, liu xiaoyun, editor, zhang jinna
