On january 28th, the news reporter (journalist feng jia-shun) of xinhua beijing was informed by the supreme people's court that since its establishment on january 1, 2019, the supreme court of intellectual property law has heard a total of 24602 cases and disposed of 23,069 cases, which have yielded significant results in terms of incentives to safeguard scientific and technological innovation, maintain fair competition in the market, open services to the outside world, and deepen judicial system reform。
The vice-president of the supreme court of judicial intellectual property, kung-lin, stated that the intellectual property tribunal had resolved the problem of inconsistent standards of adjudication by concentrating on technical types of intellectual property and monopolistic appeals throughout the country. It had also effectively addressed the concerns of the parties regarding local protection, and the quality indicators of trials had been significantly optimized。
It was described that the supreme court of legal intellectual property had further strengthened the judicial guarantees applied to the country's innovation-driven development strategy and the intellectual property strategy. The number of cases involving strategic and emerging industries increased from 17. 6 per cent in 2019 to 32. 4 per cent in 2025; 6543 administrative cases, such as patent processing, were authorized, with an average annual increase of 31. 8 per cent; and 5354 patent abuse cases, with an average annual increase of 11. 5 per cent. In 58 cases, punitive damages were applied, totalling 2. 05 billion yuan, over $35 million, and in 73 cases, over $10 million, over $5. 24 billion, almost $72 million。
At the same time, the supreme court of judicial intellectual property provides equal protection to persons with rights in china and abroad under the law. It hears 2546 cases involving persons in foreign relations, or 10. 3 per cent, an average annual increase of 18. 7 per cent, concludes 2046 cases and is increasingly choosing chinese courts to settle intellectual property disputes. At the same time, the jurisprudence of international organizations, such as the world intellectual property organization (wipo), recorded nearly 80 court decisions on the jurisdiction of standard patent-required global licensing disputes, anti-suit injunctions and anti-suit injunctions and permanent injunctions, tariff determination, etc。
On that day, the supreme law also published six typical cases of conciliation by intellectual property courts. The vice-president of the tribunal stated that the tribunal would further develop its role as a mechanism for the resolution of disputes over intellectual property rights, balancing cases with market governance, promoting the deeper integration of technological and industrial innovations and making a greater contribution to the accelerated development of services and quality productivity。
