IP News_AFD China Intellectual Property

2024-05-17

Chinese Court Imposes over 600 Million RMB Fine and 9-year Sentence on Lego Counterfeiters

On April 22, the Shanghai No. 3 Intermediate Peoples Court upheld a lower courts ruling in a case of criminal copyright infringement involving Lego sets. The court imposed a fine of 600 million RMB on the defendant company Long XX, while sentencing the pr

2024-05-15

Beijing Court Sees Rise in Disputes Involving Digital Economy

Beijing Haidian District People's Court saw a large number of intellectual property disputes regarding digital economy over the past few years, with more efforts undertaken to improve the quality of relevant case to serve the industrial development in a h

2024-05-13

CNIPA Holds Open Day Event on April 26

April 26 marked the 24th World Intellectual Property (IP) Day. On this day, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) held its 19th consecutive Open Day event. Shen Changyu, Commissioner of the CNIPA, attended the event and delivered

2024-05-10

Crackdown on IPR Infringement Bears Fruit

Chinese courts at different levels have intensified the crackdown on counterfeiting over the past year, with harsher punishments for intellectual property infringements, in order to further stimulate and protect innovation by the rule of law. In 2023, cou

2024-05-09

China's Industrialization Rate of Patents for Inventions Improves

The industrialization rate of patents for inventions in China further improved last year, said a report from China National Intellectual Property Administration on Monday. The industrialization rate of patents for inventions reached 39.6 percent in 2023,

2024-05-08

Courts Crack Down on Infringement Related IP Cases

Chinese courts have focused more on handling intellectual property cases involving new technologies last year, with harsher punishment against those infringing upon IP rights, China's top court said. The Supreme People's Court issued a report on Monday to











Insights & News

IP Updates

AFD News