China Is Strengthening Its IPR Protection

As president Xi Jinping made the remarks in a speech on November 30, 2020 "Innovation is the primary driving force behind development, and protecting IPR is equal to protecting innovation", China is paying much attention to the protection of IPR.

The legislatures in China have been amending laws and among other things, introduced punitive damages for IP infringement acts. The courts in China have been striving to effectively improve trial quality and efficiency, aimed at dispensing perceptible fairness and justice and strengthening judicial protection of IP rights. The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China (SPC) have been issuing judicial interpretations on applications of law in IP litigations and constructed a guidance system by publishing guiding cases and typical cases to improve quality of trials and ensure uniform and consistent applications of law in IP-related trials. The Chinese IP law enforcement authorities have been taking aggressive