Juridical IPR Protection Outline Published

On April 25, the Supreme People’s Court released the first ever Outline for Juridical Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in China (2016-2020)as published in the People’s Court Bulletin.
 
IP generated through the innovations of entrepreneurs must receive the protection of the law, the Outline states. This is part of driving forward China’s supply-side reform, eliminating backwards production capacity, and improving China’s international competitiveness. The Outline includes an overview of juridical IP developments in China, including the establishment of IP courts in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai in 2014 and Nanjing, Suzhou, Chengdu, and Wuhan in 2017, and China’s three-in-one civil, administrative, and criminal case trials.    
 
The main objectives of the Outline include creating the following:

• A coordinated and open IPR juridical protection policy system;
• A clear and unified system of trial standards and rules for IPR;
• A IPR court system with balanced development;
• A system of policies on jurisdiction of IP cases that is reasonably distributed;
• A system of evidence rules consistent with the characteristics of IP cases; and
• A scientific and rational system of policies for IP damages compensation