Learning from the Supreme People’s Court, the IP civil litigation trials newly received and concluded by the local courts nationwide has reached the numbers of 27,649 and 18,704 respectively, which increased by 35.72% and 45.72% than the same period of last year. The total objects of claim in the first instance IP litigation trial reached 1,291,939,600 RMB in the first half year of 2011.
Among them, there are 3,712 newly received patent cases, which increased by 43.76% compared to the same period of last year; 5,850 trademark cases, 48.29% higher; 16,160 copyright cases, 36.64% higher; 306 technology contract cases, 18.40% higher, and 540 unfair competition cases, 4.09% lower than the same period of last year. The numbers of the received and concluded monopoly civil cases are 7 and 8 respectively.