China’s IP litigation rises 40%
28 April 2011
Peter Ollier, Hong Kong
The latest figures from China’s Supreme People’s Court show a dramatic rise in IP litigation, with domestic companies driving the increase
Of cases concluded in 2010 by courts of first instance, 41,718 involved businesses from mainland China (up 37%), while only 1,369 cases involved one or more foreign parties (up 0.6%).
"More and more companies in China have some knowledge of IP and so they are paying more attention to protecting that IP," said Jiang
Zhipei, of counsel at Fangda Partners and former head of the IP Tribunal at the Supreme People's Court. ...
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