On July 21, 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC, geoblocked) released statistic data for the first half of 2025. While litigation overall dropped 8.52% year-on-year, intellectual property cases were up 36.15%. Further, 801 cases of first instance involving new plant varieties were accepted, up 84.14% year-on-year. The SPC stated “The protection of seed industry intellectual property rights is related to national food security and the independent control of seed sources. The people’s courts have continuously increased the judicial protection of …
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2024 Annual China Filing Statistics Released: Utility Model Grants Continue to Drop While Utility Model Applications Continue to Increase
According to recently released annual statistical data from China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), there were 1,828,054 invention patent applications filed in 2024; 3,184,652 utility model applications filed in 2024; and 819,213 industrial design applications filed in 2024. The number of invention patent applications and grants have both climbed annually at a regular pace but grants faced a steep drop in the first half of 2025. Annual utility model applications have grown regularly also, except for a small drop in …
Chinese Invention Patent Grants Down Almost 29% in First Half of 2025
Per statistics released by China’s Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) on July 14, 2025, Chinese invention patent grants are down 28.75% in the first half of 2025 versus the first half of 2024. Specifically, the number of invention patents granted decreased by 159,187 to 394,462 grants. Utility model grants also dropped by 21.71% in the first half of 2025 year-on-year to 756,682 grants (down by 209,832 grants). However, design patent grants increased by 3.12% year-on-year to 314,457 grants (up by 9,503 grants).
China Releases Status of Intellectual Property Protection in China Customs in 2024
On April 23, 2025, China’s General Administration of Customs released Status of Intellectual Property Protection in China Customs in 2024 (2024年中国海关知识产权保护状况) providing statistics on the detainment of good (both import and export) for infringing intellectual property rights. A total of 53,200 intellectual property protection measures were implemented throughout 2024, and 41,600 batches and 81,605,100 items of suspected infringing goods were actually detained, representing a plateau in growth.