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ARTICLE · 02 JULY 2026

News & Cases From China: May 2026

China's intellectual property landscape underwent significant transformation in 2025, with landmark court decisions establishing new precedents for AI-generated content protection and trademark infringement damages reaching unprecedented levels. How are Chinese courts balancing innovation protection with enforcement rigor as the country climbs global innovation rankings?

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CNIPA Releases 2025 Intellectual Property Protection Status Report

Date: 7 May 2026

China has seen a marked improvement in intellectual property governance in 2025, with public satisfaction score for IP protection reaching 82.81 and high-value invention patents per 10,000 people rising to 16. For the first time, China entered the world’s top 10 rankings in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025 published by WIPO.

In terms of judicial protection, in 2025 courts nationwide concluded 460,422 out of 473,411 newly accepted first-instance civil IP cases; 25,899 out of 27,451 newly accepted first-instance administrative IP cases; and 9,248 out of 9,018 newly accepted first-instance criminal IP cases.

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