The Intellectual Property Court Series in China

Beijing Intellectual Property Court Hitting the First Hammer

Beijing Intellectual Property Court began the first trial on December 16th, with patent invalid administrative dispute case of WECOME MEDICINE INDUSTRY in Zhejiang Province suing the Patent Reexamination Board of SIPO. Su Chi, the Court’s President and Chief Judge served as the presiding judge of the first case. Due to the reform of trial operation mechanism, the Court set the seat of assistant judge for the first time.

It is understood that Beijing Intellectual Property Court has accepted 221 cases since its establishment on November 6th, including 219 cases of first instance and 2 cases of second instance. The cases received present two distinct features: the first is that the administrative cases, especially in terms of the trademark, take the major place, accounting of 63% of the total; the second is that technical cases are in high ratio, attracting high social attention and influence, and most cases are involving foreign elements or parties from other provinces and cities.

Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court Began to Accept Cases from November 21st

Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court began to accept cases from November 21st. Many parties and agents had submitted the filing materials, covering various IP areas such as patent inventions, designs, exclusive right to use trademark, unfair competition, etc. The court will give correspondent reply within 7 days in accordance with the statutory review system. It is supposed to hit the first hammer of public trial after 2015 New Year’s Day.