Supreme People’s Court of China Publishes “Intellectual Property Protection by Chinese Courts in 2011” 

• New filings of civil and criminal cases increased considerably, while administrative cases involving foreign parties also saw significant increase;
• The number of major complex and difficult cases has increased, where cases involving foreign parties were proportionally higher;
• The number of patent cases continued to rise, with notable increase in the number of cases involving high tech inventions, economic interest involved in the patent cases escalating, and more Chinese companies suing foreign companies or foreign-invested companies;
• Disputes involving commercial marks continued to rise;
• The number of copyright cases increased significantly and continually, with the Internet being the most prominent battlefield.

The following table captures some important figures from the report that help depict the profile of IP cases in China in 2011: