Supreme Court gives new instructions for IPR trial

Supreme People's Court promulgated its Opinion on Several Issues Concerning Trials of IPR Cases to Serve the Public Interest under the Current Economic Environment, clarifying and improving a series of IPR judicial policies with a view to promote innovation, uphold fair competition and improve trade and investment environment.

Under the Opinion, IPR judicial protection may only be enhanced not eased. Local courts shall place great emphasis on the following: expand innovation space, nurture self-reliant IPRs, brand names and new economic growth hotspots, enhance market competitiveness of companies, elevate core competitiveness of the country; exert the unique of role of IPR judicial trial in taking on challenges and turning crisis into opportunity.

(Source：IPR in China)

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