A brief review of the Supreme People's Court's 2017 Annual Report on Intellectual Property Cases

August 29, 2018 | BY

Jacelyn Johnson

The Supreme People's Court (SPC) 2017 Annual Report on Intellectual Property not only serves asguidance for the lower courts but also provides insight for predictable outcomes of future disputes.

 

The 10th Annual Report on Intellectual Property Cases (2017 Annual Report) (最高人民法院知识产权案件年度报告 (2017)) issued by the Supreme People's Court (SPC) was published in April 2018. In 2017, the SPC accepted 897 intellectual property cases, an increase of more than three folds from 10 years ago. Among the 897 cases, 796 cases were reviewed for their petitions for retrial. In addition, the SPC handled 15 cases as an appellate court, 56 cases as a retrial court and 29 cases in response to specific requests by the lower courts, which shows the SPC's complex role as both an appellate court, as well as a court of last resort for cases that have progressed through the appellate process.

 

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