Identification Of False Litigation And Judicial Measures For Its Punishment

During an appeal hearing of a patent ownership dispute, the Supreme People's Court identified a prior concluded copyright ownership and infringement case between two involved parties. The effective civil judgment from that copyright case had directly affected the outcome of the ongoing patent dispute, though evidence suggested the copyright ruling was erroneous. The Court therefore exercised its authority to review the copyright case. Upon retrial, the court ermined that the parties in the copyright case had colluded maliciously, fabricated infringement claims, and initiated false litigation with the aim of intervening with the patent dispute and unlawfully appropriating other party's patents. This conduct seriously disrupted court proceedings and judicial order. Consequently, the Supreme People's Court revoked the original copyright judgment, imposed maximum judicial fines of 100,000 RMB on each party for false litigation, and referred criminal clues to the relevant