According to the statistics from the Supreme People's Court (SPC) and Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP), Chinese courts at all levels concluded a total of 48,051 cases related to intellectual property rights (IPR) in 2010, an increase of 32.9% as compared with the prevouos year.
In 2010, efforts were spent in strengthening the protection of well-known marks, geographical indication of agricultural products, and service marks in modern industries. Additional efforts were made for the development of brands by Chinese industries. Review and examination were carried towards the anti-monopoly and unfair competition cases to avoid the misuse of intellectual property rights and maintain a fair competitive market order and public interests.
In addition, guiding opinions were formulated to direct the administrative cases related to trademark rights, overseas copyright dispute and copyright dispute in the internet bars. Cooperative efforts were made with relevant agencies to formulate the opinions in handling criminal cases of intellectual property.
