Courts across China accepted and adjudicated 3,250 criminal
intellectual Property Rights (IPR) violation cases during the first
11 months last year, up 28.21 percent from the same period of 2004,
said Vice President Cao Jianming of the Supreme People's Court in
Beijing on Thursday.
Cao said the quality and efficiency of trial on IPR violation
cases were further improved in 2005. During the first 11 months,
China's courts tried and concluded 12,700 civil IPR violation cases
at first instance, up 26.94 percent from the same period of the
previous year. In 53.38 percent of the cases, noted Cao, plaintiff
withdrew their charges after the mediation by courts, and the
courts only received 41 retrial applications on IPR violation cases
in the year.
Xiao
Yang, the country's top judge and president of the Supreme
People's Court said in his address to a national conference
attended by the heads of province-level courts that the fight
against IPR violation had to be intensified in future so as to
create a favorable legal environment for independent
innovation.
The intellectual fruits of technicians, authors and high-tech
enterprises should be further protected in the years ahead and
internet-related IPR protection be enhanced, Xiao said. For
example, disputes on domain names and trademarks should be resolved
on time and judicial interpretations on issues relating to unfair
competition, plant varieties protection and music TV be stipulated
in time, Xiao said.
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(Xinhua News Agency January 6, 2006)