China’s National People’s Congress Releases Translation of Criminal Law Including IP Provisions

Posted on Categories Copyright, New Law, Rule or Implementing Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

China’s National People’s Congress has recently released a translation of China’s Criminal Law, which includes many Intellectual Property provisions.  The Criminal Law was most recently amended at 24th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People’s Congress on December 26, 2020 and went into force on March 1, 2021. The amendments increase the maximum sentencing term for IP crimes and also add a new article somewhat similar to the US’ Economic Espionage Act potentially in effect if not …

China Prosecutes 11,675 People for IP Crimes in 2023 H1

Posted on Categories Case, Copyright, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

According to a press release dated August 4, 2023 from the China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) 11,675 people were prosecuted for IP Crimes in the first half 2023, up 36.1% year-on-year. Criminal trademark infringement made up the majority of IP crimes with 10,384 people prosecuted accounting for 88.9% of the total. Copyright was second with 1,122 persons prosecuted. Trade secret misappropriation was third with 167 people prosecuted, up 89.8% year-on-year.

China’s Supreme People’s Court Releases “Summary of Judgments of the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People’s Court (2022)”

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On March 30, 2023, China’s Supreme People’s Court releases the “Summary of Judgments of the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People’s Court (2022)” (最高人民法院知识产权法庭裁判要旨摘要(2022)).  The Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) selected 61 typical cases from 3,468 cases concluded in 2022, and extracted 75 judgment summaries.  The judgment summaries for IP-related cases, as provided by the SPC, follow.

Intellectual Property Tribunal of China’s Supreme People’s Court Releases ‘Typical Cases’ of 2022 List

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On March 30, 2023, the Intellectual Property Tribunal of China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released the “Typical Cases of the Intellectual Property Tribunal of the Supreme People’s Court (2022)” (最高人民法院知识产权法庭典型案例(2022)).  The SPC selected 20 cases from the 3,468 technology-related intellectual property and monopoly cases it concluded in 2022 to “summarize and give full play to the positive role of typical cases, effectively increase the protection of intellectual property rights, and maintain a fair competition order in the market.” Per the …