According to the Report, the number of cases accepted and concluded by the Intellectual Property Court of the SPC in 2023 continued to rise. A total of 7,776 cases involving technology-related intellectual property and monopoly were accepted (including 5,062 new cases and 2,714 ongoing cases), and a total of 4,562 cases were concluded, resulting in a disposition rate of 90.1%. Compared to 2022, the number of cases accepted increased by 25.8% (with new cases increasing by 14.9% and concluded cases increasing by 31.5%).
During the same period, the number of infringement cases also continued to increase, with 3,222 new second-instance civil cases recorded, representing a 9.0% year-on-year increase. Infringement disputes relating to invention patents, utility models, new plant varieties, technical secrets, and computer software have been increasing year by year. There were 1,277 new administrative second-instance cases, showing a 44.0% year-on-year growth, with an increase in administrative disputes concerning patent application rejection review and patent invalidation.
Additionally, cases involving emerging industries of strategic importance have been on the rise, encompassing information technology, biotechnology, new energy, new materials, high-end equipment, alternative fuel vehicles, and green environmental protection. There were 1,582 cases related to emerging industries of strategic importance, accounting for 31.3% of all new cases, an increase of 244 cases compared to 2022. In addition to reaching record highs in terms of case acceptance and conclusion, the rate of judgment reversal for second-instance civil cases in the Intellectual Property Court of SPC was 25.7%. Excluding cases where the change of validity of the rights, uniform judgment standards for mass rights protection cases, and other factors led to judgment reversal, the actual reversal rate was 11.2%, a year-on-year increase of 1.7%. Meanwhile, the rate of remanding civil second-instance cases for retrial continued to decline, dropping from 3.4% in 2022 to 0.3% in 2023.
Source: The SPC
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