On 25 april, the high people's court of heilongjiang province held a press conference on the conduct of intellectual property trials in the province's courts in 2024。
Press conference live. Diamonds
From the launch, journalists were informed that in 2024, the provincial courts handled a total of 3,868 intellectual property cases, an increase of 10. 39 per cent over the same period. Of the completed cases, 3585 were civil, 95 criminal and 8 administrative. The number of cases in second instance of intellectual property rights has decreased significantly throughout the province, and the effectiveness of the first instance appeal has been increasing. There has been a significant increase in the efficiency of trials and a gradual reduction in the trial cycle, with an average of 38. 62 days for the completion of cases and a 98. 12 per cent completion rate within trial limits. The number of ipr cases processed has tended to extend to high-level frontier areas such as new industries, new technologies and increased judicial protection of intellectual property rights, such as seeding, geographical indications and well-known clusters, totalling $2. 27 million. 132 cases of malicious and false litigation were tried throughout the year to create a rule of law environment for the “innovative river”。
The results of the three-in-one reform have been continuously consolidated throughout the provincial courts, promoting civil compensation, administrative functioning and criminal prosecution in coordination with the law, as well as promoting the development of multi-media mechanisms. Over the past year, a total of 2,980 intellectual property cases were settled by mediation and withdrawal, representing a withdrawal rate of 83. 12 per cent。
With regard to strengthening the judicial protection of intellectual property rights, the higher people's court of heilongang province, together with seven agencies, including the provincial intellectual property authority, jointly issued the harbin ninth asian winter conference work programme on intellectual property protection 2025, and signed the framework agreement on strengthening collaboration on intellectual property protection at the ninth asian winter games 2025, with the organizing committee of the asian winter council, to contribute to the economic development of the ice. It is important to protect effectively the legitimate rights and interests of the heilong river specialty products such as rice and beans. Protect emerging industries and promote the deeper integration of sti and industrial innovation。
In addition, the heilongang provincial court has strengthened its administrative law enforcement and judicial interface and has established coordination mechanisms with a number of agencies, including the provincial public security department, the provincial copyright authority and the provincial market monitoring authority, to strengthen synergies with the executive branch. To build a two-way bridge between the public and the judiciary, to strengthen judicial advocacy on intellectual property rights and to contribute to the development of a broad protection of intellectual property rights. (concluded)
