IP judicial protection month

From November 10, all-level courts in Shanghai are scheduled to publicly judge a selection of IPR-related cases and the proceedings will be streamed live online. Go to www.hshfy.sh.cn for more information.

It's part of Shanghai Municipal Higher People's Court IPR judicial protection month with the theme of strengthening judicial protection and inspiring independent innovation.

Since the establishment of IPR tribunal in 1994, the court has handled over 9,000 IPR civil cases of the first and second instances. From 2003 to 2007, all courts in Shanghai judged a total of 303 IPR criminal cases of the first instance and concluded 288 ones.

The courts in Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region have also launched an IP judicial protection month. The people's courts at different levels in Inner Mongolia will enhance the publicity of IP judicial protection work by hanging scrolls and laying exhibition boards, promoting IP protection awareness.

Since 1993, the courts at different levels have accepted 1,001 IP dispute cases, including 865 IP civil cases at the first instance, 127 IP civil cases at the second instance, eight IP administrative cases at the first instance and one IP administrative cases at the second instance. The trial cases concern patents, trademarks, Internet domain names, copyrights, unfair competition, commercial secrets and technology contracts.

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