State Council Information Office: The Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People's Court has concluded 15,710 cases in the five years since its establishment.

　　The State Council Information Office held a press conference today (22nd). The relevant person in charge of the Supreme People's Court introduced the operation of the appeal hearing mechanism for intellectual property cases at the national level.

This year marks the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People’s Court.

Since its establishment on January 1, 2019, as of December 31, 2023, the court has accepted a total of 18,924 cases and concluded 15,710 cases. The quality and efficiency of the trials are significantly better than the trial mechanism before the reform.

　　Give full play to the advantages of centralized trial and effectively encourage and ensure scientific and technological innovation.

The court implements the concept of protecting intellectual property rights to protect innovation, insists on strict protection, increases judicial protection of intellectual property rights in key core technologies, key fields, and emerging industries, and promotes the development of new productive forces.

Increasing infringement compensation, there are more and more cases of high compensation awards, and punitive damages will be applied in 8 cases in 2023.

　　Effectively maintain fair competition in the market and help build a unified national market.

While effectively protecting legal monopoly rights such as patents, the courts also perform anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition judicial duties in accordance with the law.

In many cases, it has been determined that the accused behavior constitutes monopoly, and the judicial interpretation responsible for drafting anti-monopoly civil litigation will be released soon.

The protection of technical secrets has been strengthened, and the damages awarded in the "vanillin" case, the "melamine" case, and the "rubber antioxidant" case have exceeded 100 million yuan.

　　Coordinate the promotion of domestic rule of law and foreign-related rule of law, and serve high-level opening up to the outside world.

The court adheres to the equal protection of Chinese and foreign rights holders in accordance with the law and has concluded a total of 1,198 foreign-related cases.

In many cases, Chinese and foreign parties have been helped to reach a package settlement, using "Eastern experience" to substantively resolve transnational disputes.

Actively explore international cutting-edge issues and contribute Chinese wisdom to international intellectual property governance.

　　Continue to deepen reform and innovation, and constantly improve the intellectual property litigation mechanism.

The court ensures uniform application of the law through the professional judge conference system and regular publication of adjudication gist and typical cases.

Explore the collaborative trial of patent civil and administrative cases, take the lead in establishing a "national court technical investigation talent pool" and sharing mechanism, establish the country's first technical intellectual property adjudication database, vigorously promote online litigation, and promote the improvement of trial quality and efficiency.

　　Referee standards are further unified.

By centralizing jurisdiction over technology intellectual property and monopoly appeal cases across the country, the problem of inconsistent adjudication standards that existed in the past has been solved institutionally, and the parties’ concerns about local protection have also been effectively addressed.

　　The quality and efficiency of trials have been further improved.

In the past five years, the court's revised judgment rate for civil substantive cases was 19.6%, and the transfer and withdrawal rate was 37.0%, which was higher than before the reform; the revised judgment rate for administrative substantive cases was 7.1%, which was basically the same as before the reform; the remand rate for civil and administrative substantive cases was 1.2% and 1.2% respectively. 0.15%, which is much lower than before the reform; the average trial period of cases is shorter than before the reform.

　　Judicial credibility and international influence have been further enhanced.

my country has become the country that hears the most patent and new plant variety cases. The courts have formed a number of benchmark judgments and have had an important impact at home and abroad. More and more foreign companies choose to resolve intellectual property disputes in Chinese courts. my country is increasingly becoming an international One of the best places for intellectual property litigation.

　　Judicial guarantees for the implementation of the national innovation-driven development strategy and intellectual property strategy have been further strengthened.

The types of cases accepted by the court resonate with my country's technological innovation, market competition and opening up to the outside world. Cases involving strategic emerging industries account for more than 30%, effectively promoting technological innovation, industrial upgrading and market competition, and actively helping to enhance the core competitiveness of the country and enterprises. .

　　(CCTV reporter Zhang Saili Ming)