Chinese IP Courts Accept 30,000 Cases, New Court Idea Explored

2017/01/10

China’s intellectual property courts have accepted 30,309 cases in the two years since their establishment, according to China-based IPRAction.
The IP courts are based in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, with the Beijing court formally opened in November 2014. This was followed by courts being established in Guangzhou and Shanghai in December 2014 and January 2015 respectively.
China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) also reported that the country is exploring the possibility of a new appeals court to handle patent disputes.
  

Source: WIPR