In recent years, China has significantly strengthened the
judicial protection of intellectual property rights. In particular,
some courts have significantly increased the amount of compensation
in the judgment of intellectual property infringement cases. For
example, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court made a first
instance verdict in December 2016 that the defendant Hengbao
Company shall pay RMB 50 million (about US$7.5 million) to
compensate the loss of the plaintiff Watchdata Company, and the
Quanzhou Intermediate People's Court made a verdict in April
2017 that the defendant Samsung Company shall compensate the
plaintiff RMB 80 million (about US$12 million) for its losses.
In intellectual property litigation, the collection and
presentation of evidence is one of the core issues. In cases where
litigants cannot obtain relevant evidence, or the evidence may be
extinguished orhard to obtain at a later time due to objective
reasons, apply to the court for evidence
