The Supreme People's Court Issues Report on the Protection
of Intellectual Property by Chinese Courts in 2021
Publication Date：21 April 2022
On 21 April, the SPC held a press conference during the 2022
intellectual property publicity week and issued a report on the
status of the protection of Intellectual Property Rights by Chinese
Courts in 2021. The report set out the achievements in judicial
protection of IP rights in the past year, focusing in particular on
the following.
During the year, the SPC issued several judicial
interpretations, including the Interpretation on the Application of
Punitive Damages in the Trial of Intellectual Property Infringement
Civil Cases; the Provisions on Several Issues concerning the
Application of the Law in Civil Cases relating to applications for
Patent Rights in respect of Pharmaceutical Products; and the
Several Provisions on the Application of Law in the Trial of Cases
relating to Plant Variety Rights Infringement (II),
