Supreme People’s Court handles 18 % more civil IP cases in 2007

February 20, 2008

In 2007, the Intellectual Property Division of the Supreme People’s Court received 128 new intellectual property cases, including 96 hearings de novo, some cases of second instance, and pre-court trials. In general, a total of 162 cases were brought to trial in 2007 including 34 pending cases of the previous years, which saw an increase of 18% compared to the 137 cases sentenced in the previous year. By December 25th, 2007, the Intellectual Property Division of the Supreme People’s Court closed 107 cases and the case closure ratio reached 66%. The cases under trial mainly related to the fields of professional technology and state industrial policy directions, involving complicate legal relations and causing intensive social attention；some cases even aroused heated social discussion.