On March 26, 2026, China’s National Intellectual Property Office (CNIPA) released their 2026 Budget (国家知识产权局2026年部门预算). In 2026, CNIPA plans to examine ≥ 2.30 million patent applications (up 274,000 from 2025) and ≥ 6.28 million trademark applications. CNIPA is aiming for ≥ 5,000 applicants to pass the patent bar examination (up 500 from 2025). Other data points follow. The full Budget is available here (Chinese only).
Category: Statistics
China’s Supreme People’s Court 2025 Work Report – 49,000 Foreign-Related IP Cases Adjudicated During the 14th Five-Year Plan
On March 9, 2026, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released their 2025 Work Report (最高人民法院工作报告) highlighting past accomplishments and and plans for 2026. Overall, litigation was down in 2025 at the Supreme People’s Court with 29,154 cases accepted and 31,958 cases adjudicated, representing year-on-year decreases of 16.5% and 1.8%, respectively. However, litigation overall was busier with courts at all levels across the country accepting 37.486 million cases for trial and enforcement, and adjudicating 36.2 million cases, representing year-on-year increases of …
CNIPA Releases Report on the Progress of Building a Rule-of-Law Government by 2025 – 8,755 Patent Agents Disbarred
On March 3, 2026, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the Report of the CNIPA on the Progress of Building a Rule-of-Law Government by 2025 (国家知识产权局关于2025年法治政府建设情况的报告). Some highlights from the Report include: CNIPA imposed administrative penalties on 256 agencies and practitioners for serious violations in 2025; CNIPA revoked the licenses of 180 patent agencies in 2025; CNIPA cancelled the practice registration of 8,755 patent agents in 2025; and As of the end of December 2025, a total of 275 …
China’s Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court Releases 2025 Case Statistics – 16.9% of Cases Involved Foreigners
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 …