On 20 april 2026, the supreme people's court held a press conference to issue the status of judicial protection of intellectual property in chinese courts (2025). The people's court implementation programme for the judicial protection of intellectual property (2026-2030), the supreme people's court interpretation of the application of punitive compensation in cases of civil disputes against intellectual property rights, and the model case of intellectual property rights in the people's court in 2025, and answers journalists ' questions. The vice-president of the supreme people's court, mr. Tao kai won, the president of the people's third chamber of the supreme people's court, mr. Li sword, and the vice-president of the intellectual property court of the supreme people's court, mr. Zine lin, attended the launch, which was presided over by the press spokesperson of the supreme people's court, mr. Lin. At the press conference, the vice-president of the supreme people's court, mr. Tau kae, gave an overview of the judicial protection of intellectual property rights by the national court in 2025。
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I. Strengthening the protection of science, technology and innovation and the development of new quality production in services power
The first is the overall improvement in the quality of cases. Last year, the people's court received 5,526,000 new intellectual property cases and concluded 5,396 cases. Key quality indicators, such as the completion rate, the appeal rate, and the withdrawal rate of civil mediation, continue to be positive and the trials are operating well. Of these, 64,000 civil first-instance cases of technical intellectual property rights were concluded, with good results in terms of technical protection in the areas of integrated circuits, industrial carriers, high-end instruments, basic software, advanced materials and biological manufacturing. Secondly, there are sound rules of judicial protection. The supreme people's court issued opinions on the protection of science, technology and innovation with quality trial services, which provide a comprehensive and systematic picture of 98 judicial initiatives to serve science, technology and innovation, as well as a strong service and guarantee the building of a strong state in science and technology. :: guidelines for the technical fact-finding of cases involving new varieties of plants in the people's court and the strengthening of the national technical investigation pool of courts. At present, there are 1,327 technical experts in the inventory, covering all major technical areas, and the level of scientificity determined by technical facts is increasing. Third is the strengthening of intellectual property trials in emerging areas. People's courts handled civil cases relating to front-line issues such as ai generation content, ai model parameters, etc.; 908 disputes involving data tenure and transactions were resolved, an increase of 25. 6 per cent over the same period. The supreme people's court is working to draft opinions on the proper consideration of cases involving artificial intelligence in accordance with the law, in an effort to promote the healthy and orderly development of artificial intelligence in a beneficial, safe and fair manner. Clear data dispute cases are dealt with uniformly by the intellectual property jurisdiction of the national courts, issuing guidance cases and facilitating the full release of data elements. Cases of “crawling web platform data” impropriety competition are dealt with in accordance with the law, and the boundaries of legitimate access to data are clarified。
Ii. Strengthening the protection of trademark rights and the construction of strong brand countries
The first is to maintain the registration order for trademarks in accordance with the law. To support the executive branch's rejection of the application for registration of a “no-use malicious trademark”, the annulment of a trademark that has been registered by “other improper means”, the active and proper application of the provisions of the trademark law, such as the protection of the trademarks, the prohibition of dealings with agents and the prohibition of damage to prior rights, and the regulation of the registration of the trademarks in bad faith. The second is to strengthen the protection of trademark rights throughout the chain. The people's court concluded the civil tort of trademarks and the first-instance cases of criminal offences, respectively, with 1,153,000 and 8033 cases, with a particular focus on strengthening judicial protection of famous trademarks, traditional brand names, geographical indications and “old” symbols. Third is the active branding and development of a sound rule of law environment. The law punishes acts such as “car climbing”, “violation fraud” and effectively protects the legitimate rights and interests of trademark holders. The source of the violation is found in a case of civil infringement of trademarks, the criminal leads are sent to the public security organs for investigation in accordance with the law, and the perpetrator of the violation is finally found guilty of forgery of registration of trademarks. He is sentenced to a term of imprisonment in accordance with the law and the products of the violation are destroyed。
Iii. Strengthening copyright protection for cultural prosperity
One is to improve the effectiveness of copyright protection and dissemination. The people's court has disposed of 256. 4 million civil first-instance cases of copyright, accurately grasping the criteria for identification of works in accordance with the law, responding positively to new challenges arising from the rapid development of artificial intelligence and internet technology, increasing the protection of the rights and interests of cultural creators and promoting the dissemination of works. The second is to promote the resolution of copyright disputes and integrated governance. (c) make full use of the results of the construction of the digital courts and promote the use of the "copy-ai" auxiliary application in national courts, focusing on rights-based review, making it difficult for rights-holders to obtain evidence and focusing on the sources of violations, while effectively preventing false or malicious proceedings. Thirdly, it stimulates the creativity of cultural innovation. The people's court fully utilizes the rights of copyright trials as a guiding function of a culture of excellence, promotes the accelerated development of cultural industries and enhances the influence of chinese civilization. In the case of the violation of the rights of authors in the case of huan-teng company and in the case of a company, protection is provided by law for the work of repairing and filling the gaps in the original fresco in the course of the painting of the shun-tung-tung-tung-tung. During the golden chicken film festival in china in 2025, the supreme people's court promoted the publication of a model film contract to protect artistic and creative creativity with the force of the rule of law and to contribute to the high-quality development of the film industry。
Iv. Maintenance of a level playing field to help build a unified national market and regulate “inner-roll” competition
One is the regulation of monopolistic behaviour. The people's court has maintained the fine-tuning of the work of the anti-monopoly judiciary. It has determined that 27 cases constitute monopolies in accordance with the law. It has issued model cases such as the case of the administrative monopolization of the shared tram and the case of the horizontal monopolization agreement of the market for the sale of formaldehyde. Second is the legal fight against unfair competition. The people's courts have disposed of 1,0135 civil first-instance cases of unfair competition, effectively punished the counterfeiting of confusion, commercial defamation, dealt with cases of unfair competition, such as the “bad-willed-drilling” cases, cleansed the market of competition and effectively regulated “inner-roll” competition. The third is to strengthen the protection of business secrets. The people's courts continue to improve the rules for the protection of business secrets and to strengthen the protection of business secrets in priority areas. The supreme people's court, in conjunction with the supreme people's procuratorate, issues criminal justice interpretations of intellectual property rights, focusing on the elaboration of criteria for the criminalization of offences against business secrets. Trial of the criminal case of "intra-internal and unfair technical secrets of access to chips", which sentenced zhang to a term of imprisonment of one class or another, strengthens the protection of innovation and preserves a fair competitive market order。
V. Strengthening foreign-related intellectual property trials and high level of public access to services
One is the continuous creation of a preferred forum for intellectual property litigation. Consistent with the principle of equal protection of the legitimate rights and interests of both the middle and foreign parties and the enhancement of the effectiveness and credibility of foreign intellectual property trials, the people's court has received 1,066 new cases in the first instance involving foreign intellectual property, an increase of 34. 1 per cent. Shanghai, fujian, hainan, guangdong, chongqing and sichuan high court have signed cooperation agreements with the arbitration and mediation centre of the world intellectual property organization (wipo) for the orderly exchange of claims, the efficient resolution of foreign disputes and the creation of a world-class business environment. The second is deep participation in global intellectual property governance. The supreme people's court recommended 74 typical cases of intellectual property to the world intellectual property organization, of which 66 were selected for the world intellectual property organization database, and collaborated with the organization in compiling a collection of chinese intellectual property cases (2019-2023), which will be officially launched on 26 april. The first nine cases of judicial protection of intellectual property rights in china were published in the international union for the protection of new varieties of plants, thereby contributing chinese judicial wisdom to the world. Third is deepening international exchanges and cooperation. Active participation in international conferences organized by the world intellectual property organization, the international association for the protection of intellectual property rights, seminars on the judicial protection of intellectual property rights in central europe, exchange visits and in-depth exchanges with the european uniform patent court, continuous development of chinese intellectual property legal stories and enhancement of the international influence of our intellectual property law。
Vi. Deepening institutional reforms to improve the judicial protection of intellectual property
First is the strengthening of specialized judicial institutions. In the seven years since its establishment, the intellectual property tribunal of the supreme people's court has handled a total of 246,000 cases and concluded 23,000 cases, thus effectively stimulating scientific and technological innovation, maintaining fair competition and opening up its services to the public. The supreme people's court has granted approval for the establishment of the tribunal for intellectual property rights of hebei yuan, sichuan yingyang, guangxi ning, henan xuchang, to further improve the distribution of intellectual property cases in the basic people's court. At present, there are 33 intellectual property courts in local courts nationwide, and the number of grass-roots people's courts with jurisdiction in civil and administrative cases of intellectual property has increased to 589 (including internet courts). Second is the overall upgrading of the capacity of the judiciary. The supreme people's court has strengthened the establishment of the “professional judicial platform for intellectual property rights” by conducting national training courses on foreign intellectual property trials, conducting joint cross-regional training and continuously creating a politically committed, ambitious, law-oriented, skilled and internationally regarded intellectual property judiciary. Thirdly, there is the development of mechanisms for the resolution of multiple problems. (b) the continuous deepening of the “overall-to-all” online complaints interface mechanism to achieve full national coverage of intellectual property mediation organizations. The supreme people's court has issued guidelines for judicial mediation of technical aspects of intellectual property cases, which promote efficient and substantive resolution of intellectual property disputes。
The period of the “fifty-five” is a crucial period for the fundamental and comprehensive modernization of socialism in our country. It is far-reaching and responsible to conduct intellectual property trials in the year when the “155” begins. The people's court, guided by xi's socialist philosophy of china's specialty in the new era of xi jinping, has thoroughly studied and implemented xi's philosophy of the rule of law. It has fully followed the 20th and 20th plenary sessions of the party. It has learned from the secretary-general of xi's important statement on the protection of intellectual property rights. It has set up and implemented good political performances. It has acted loyally. It has acted with courage and impartiality. It has provided justice to the people. It has given them the power of the rule of law to make scientific and technological innovations, served to accelerate the development of new quality and productivity, and contributed to the judicial power of intellectual property in order to create a new situation in which china's modernization will fully promote the nation-building and national renewal。
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