At a recent conference, it is reported that breakthrough has been made in piloting the reform of three-to-one mode of intellectual property trial. Up till now, there are 6 higher courts, 95 intermediate courts and 104 preliminary courts that have carried out the pilot reform, forming their own working patterns.
According to the statistics, in 2014 and 2015 respectively, all courts across China accepted 117,000 and 130,000 intellectual property related first instance cases, an increase of 15.6% and 11.7% as compared with the same period of the previous year. Among these cases, there were 96,000 new civil cases in 2014, 109,000 new civil cases in 2015, nearly 10,000 new administrative cases, and over 10,000 new criminal cases.
Meanwhile, the efficiency in intellectual property trial continued to improve. In 2014, courts all over China concluded 110,000 intellectual property related first instance cases, among which 95,000 were civil cases, and nearly 5,000 were administrative cases. In 2015, a total of 123,000 cases were concluded, wherein there were 101,000 civil cases, over 10,000 administrative cases, and over 10,000 criminal cases.
