In 2018, the People’s Courts accepted a total of 334,951 intellectual property cases (including carried forward case), ranging from first instance, second instance to reopen ones, representing a year-on-year increase of 41.19% and 41.64% respectively. Statistics are as follows:

Figure One. Type and Number of IP Cases Accepted by Courts as of 2018

Civil Cases

Administrative Cases

Criminal Cases

Figure Two. Year-on-Year Increase in the Number of Civil First Instance IP Cases Accepted by Local People’s Courts as of 2018

Copyright Case

Trademark Case

Patent Case

Unfair Competition Case

Technology Contract-Related Case

Other Intellectual Property Cases

Figure Three. Type and Number of Civil First Instance IP Cases Accepted by Local People’s Courts as of 2018

Figure Four. Year-on-Year Increase in the Number of Administrative First Instance IP Cases Accepted by Local People’s Courts as of 2018

Figure Five. Type and Number of Administrative First Instance IP Cases Accepted by Local People’s Courts as of 2018

Figure Six. Year-on-Year Increase in the Number of Criminal Cases Accepted by Local People’s Courts as of 2018

Intellectual Property-Related Criminal Cases

Criminal Infringement of Registered Trademarks

Criminal Copyright Infringement

Figure Seven. Type and Number of Criminal Cases Accepted by Local People’s Courts as of 2018