Laws & Regulations
The Supreme People's Court Published Intellectual
Property Protection White Paper (2020)
最高法发布《
2020年知识产权司法保护白皮书》
Date: 2021-04-22
The Supreme People's Court released a white paper entitled
"Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in
Chinese Courts 2020" (the "White
Paper"), which provides a comprehensive overview and
summary of the trial work of intellectual property cases in the
People's Courts in 2020. The White Paper shows that in 2020,
the People's Courts accepted 525,618 new cases of first
instance, second instance and applications for retrial, and
concluded 524,387 cases, an increase of 9.1% and 10.2% respectively
from 2019.
In 2020, the Supreme People's Court received 3,470 new civil
intellectual property cases and concluded 3,260 cases, an increase
of 38.58% and 64.98% respectively over 2019. Local people's
courts at all levels received 443,326 new civil first instance
cases of intellectual property and concluded
