On January 28, 2026, the Intellectual Property Court (IPC) of China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released the 2025 Annual Report of the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court (最高人民法院知识产权法庭年度报告). The Report included a statistics section reproduced below. The IPC received 449 new cases in 2025 involving foreign parties and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, accounting for 16.9% of all new cases. Of these, 431 were new cases involving foreign parties, accounting for 16.2% of all new cases; 18 were new cases involving …
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Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court Releases 2025 Annual Report – Punitive Damages are Up 29.4% YoY
On January 28, 2026, the Intellectual Property Court (IPC) of China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released the 2025 Annual Report of the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court (最高人民法院知识产权法庭年度报告). The Reported highlighted some IP infringement cases as well as provided statistics on caseloads and verdicts. Punitive damages are being awarded more regularly, but large verdicts are still relatively rare. In 2025, 30 cases (a 66.7% increase year-on-year) applied punitive damages, with a total compensation amount of 1.13 billion …
CNIPA Releases 2025 Statistics – Total Patent Grants Down 16% YoY
China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has recently released full year statistics for 2025. Overall grants (including invention, utility model and design patents) were down 16.18% compared to 2024. Invention patent grants were down 7%, utility model patent grants were down 27.28% and design patent grants were up 3.56%. While no official reason was given for the drop in grants, the decrease may be related to the continued crackdown on “irregular” patent applications, which made up roughly 10% of all …
CNIPA January 2026 Press Conference – Utility Model Grants Down 27%; Invention Patent Grants Down 7% in 2025
On January 23, 2026, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) held a press conference summarizing their intellectual property work in 2025. Of note, a total of about 972,000 invention patents, about 1,461,000 utility model patents, and about 666,000 design patents were granted in 2025. This represents a roughly 7% drop in invention patent grants from 2024 – a reversal from the 13.5% increase in 2024 year-on-year (YoY). Utility patent grants were down 27% continuing their downward trend. Design patent grants …