The Supreme People's Court Issues Report - Judicial
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Chinese Courts
(2022)
Date: 20 April 2023
On 20 April 2023, the Supreme People's Court issued its
report ‘Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
in Chinese Courts (2022)', which reflects recent developments
in the judicial protection of intellectual property rights in China
throughout the country's court system, and provides
information relating to both the number and type of IP cases
brought in the various courts in 2022.
Details in the Report include the following:
- The courts nationwide accepted 526,165 IP cases, including
first instance, second instance and retrial cases, and concluded
543,379 cases (including carried over cases), a year-on-year
decrease of 18.17% and 9.67%, respectively.
