Top Court Boosts Protection For Private Sector Innovators

The Supreme People's Court (SPC), China's top court, issued a guideline on Friday, requiring all courts to strengthen their protection for innovators in the private sector.

The 25-article guideline, aimed at implementing the Private Sector Promotion Law, emphasizes equal protection for various economic entities participating in market competition, and calls for improvements in the quality of handling high-tech intellectual property cases and providing strong judicial support for key sectors and core technologies.

The guideline reveals that China will draft rules for handling disputes over data rights to promote the efficient circulation and transaction of data elements. It also urges Chinese courts to play their role in guiding the healthy and orderly development of the artificial intelligence industry.