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A revision of the PRC Civil Procedure Law ("CPL") that comes into force on 1 January 2013 aims to strengthen court efficiency, clarify the rules of evidence and rights of litigants, and improve judicial transparency.

While Chinese judgments are technically public, until now there has been no public database to search judgments.

The Supreme People's Court has issued a final judgment in a dispute over infringement of an invention patent, providing important guidance on how to determine the scope of protection for claims that are formally...

中国最高人民法院は4月22日、「最高人民法院知的財産権法廷裁判要旨摘要（2025）」を公表した。同文書は、同法廷が2025年に審理を終えた3146件の事件から132件を精選し...

浙江省の知的財産司法保護に関する広報週間が4月14日、舟山で開幕した。省高級人民法院（高裁）が開幕式で発表した「2025年浙江省知的財産司法保護分析報告」によると、昨年に浙江省の裁判所が結審した...

The Interpretation on the Application of the Civil Procedure Law of PRC (the "Interpretation") was issued by the Supreme People's Court on January 30, 2015 and came into effect on February 4, 2015.

The Supreme People's Court has issued a landmark ruling on inventor attribution rights in patent disputes, establishing clear standards for proving substantive creative contribution. In a case where a chip architecture engineer discovered his technical work had been used without permission in four patent applications filed by a colleague from another department, the court examined evidence including technical documents, timing of submissions, professional backgrounds, and witness testimony to determine true

The Supreme People's Court has concluded an administrative dispute involving a utility model patent. In its ruling, the Court clarified: If the closest prior art lacks an inherent connection to the technical problem...

The Supreme People's Court has issued landmark rulings in two patent infringement cases that establish a crucial legal standard for preliminary injunctions issued alongside first-instance judgments. These decisions clarify when and how courts should maintain injunctive relief during the reconsideration stage, particularly when substantive hearings have already established infringement.

China's Supreme People's Procuratorate has released five landmark cases addressing malicious intellectual property litigation, including a notable trademark infringement case where a Shenzhen company was found to have registered over 600 trademarks without genuine business operations, filing bulk lawsuits to extract undue benefits. The case demonstrates how procuratorial authorities use big data screening and comprehensive investigation to identify and combat trademark hoarding schemes that abuse the judici

The official statistics published by China Customs indicated that, in 2022, it had detained more than 60,000 batches of suspected infringing goods with a total of nearly 80 million pieces of items nationwide.

The PRC Civil Procedure Law was recently amended during the 28th Session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress on 31 August 2012 and the amendments came into effect on 1 January 2013.

中国の最高人民法院知的財産権法廷が2026年6月に、世界的大企業の核心特許、標準必須特許...

Historically, the primary tools available were administrative procedures: oppositions, invalidations, and non‑use cancellations.

The Supreme People's Court has established a significant precedent for method patent infringement cases involving large equipment. When an accused infringer assembles and tests a device that embodies a patented method...

China's Supreme People's Procuratorate has released five typical cases addressing malicious intellectual property litigation, with a landmark design patent case demonstrating how concealing patent invalidation during litigation constitutes bad faith conduct. The case of Individual X v. Company A illustrates the legal consequences when a patent holder knowingly pursues infringement claims after their patent has been declared invalid by Chinese authorities.

In commercial litigations and arbitration proceedings involving assets in mainland China, asset preservation is a popular tool for the plaintiff/applicant to ensure a future enforcement of judgment or arbitral award.