Zhang Jun, President of the SPC, delivered the Work Report of
the SPC at the 14th National People's Congress. In 2024, a
total of 494,000 intellectual property cases were concluded,
representing a year-on-year growth of 0.9%. Over the six years
since the establishment of the IPC of SPC, nearly 20,000 technical
intellectual property appeal cases were concluded. The number and
proportion of cases involving strategic emerging industries have
been rising year by year, reaching 1,233 cases in 2024, accounting
for 32.3%. Punitive damages were applied in 460 cases involving
serious malicious infringement, representing a year-on-year growth
of 44.2%.
In addition, the Work Report emphasized the need to properly
adjudicate disputes involving artificial intelligence in accordance
with the law to support the lawful application of artificial
intelligence; and to punish acts of infringement involving
artificial intelligence technology.
