Liaoning High Court releases the status of judicial protection of intellectual property rights in 2023 – Finance – China Engineering Network

Original title: Liaoning High Court releases judicial protection of intellectual property rights in 2023

Workers Daily-China Industry Network reporter Liu Xu

On April 23, the Liaoning High Court held a press conference. In 2023, courts across Liaoning Province accepted 13,050 intellectual property cases of various types and concluded 11,505 cases.

The Liaoning Provincial Court concluded 381 cases involving patent rights and intellectual property rights, and fairly adjudicated cases such as disputes over the ownership of the “automatic gluing assembly line” invention patent and disputes over the “silicon carbide” technology development contract, protecting scientific and technological innovation, research and development and achievements. We concluded 7,834 intellectual property cases involving copyrights, properly handled batch rights protection cases involving computer software copyright infringements such as “Mito”, and provided on-demand services for film and television works in hotels and B&Bs, providing cultural workers with a secure creative environment. We concluded 2,539 intellectual property cases involving trademark rights, and efficiently concluded cases involving well-known domestic and foreign trademark infringement disputes such as “Bosch”, “Moutai” and “Hougu”, effectively safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of trademark rights holders. 244 intellectual property cases involving unfair competition were concluded, providing a high-quality competitive environment for various market entities to invest in business and standardize development.

Actively serve innovation-driven development, increase the protection of intellectual property rights in key core technologies and key areas, and conclude influential intellectual property cases such as disputes over infringement of invention patent rights and disputes over new plant variety rights in accordance with the law. Fairly adjudicate technology development contract disputes and create a good innovation environment that encourages innovation and tolerates mistakes. Properly hear cases involving new business formats and new models involving the development of the digital industry chain, and hold the first Liaoning Digital Economy and Rule of Law Exchange Seminar to help build a digital Liaoning. Resolutely implement the punitive compensation system for infringement and fully embody the judicial principle of “strict protection” of intellectual property rights. To strengthen coordination with administrative departments and form a synergy for the protection of the entire chain of intellectual property, the Liaoning High Court and the Provincial Intellectual Property Office issued the “Implementation Opinions on Strengthening the Collaborative Protection of Intellectual Property” and the “Guidelines for Administrative Mediation and Adjudication of Patent Infringement Disputes in Liaoning Province” , and at the same time vigorously promote the administrative mediation and judicial confirmation of intellectual property rights.

Give full play to the leading role of the Shenyang Intellectual Property Court, strengthen the construction of a professional, intelligent, and international Shenyang Intellectual Property Court, and strive to create a new highland for judicial protection of intellectual property rights in the Northeast region. Strengthen business guidance in the trial line, and implement mechanisms such as big data analysis, research and judgment consultation, and “face-to-face” trial quality and efficiency. Strengthen the review by the president of the court, the supervision of the four types of cases, and the management of trial deadlines. Establish a special communication and liaison mechanism for Liaoning’s third-level courts, and use the Legal Answer Network to conduct line consultation and answer questions. To promote the construction of a diversified dispute resolution mechanism, courts across the province actively explore mechanisms for pre-litigation mediation, diversified resolution, and the separation of complex and simplified cases, give full play to the role of administrative mediation and people’s mediation, and jointly promote the diversified resolution of intellectual property disputes. In 2023, 94 mediators were stationed in the People’s Court Mediation Platform, accepting 1,354 intellectual property pre-litigation mediation cases, and 1,160 were successfully mediated, with a success rate of 85.67%.

The Liaoning High Court holds an intellectual property press conference every year. The Shenyang Intellectual Property Court publishes a white paper on judicial protection of technical intellectual property rights to the public for the first time. The Dalian Intermediate People’s Court hosts the “Liaoning Province Intellectual Property Protection Seminar” and the “Software Industry Intellectual Property Protection Seminar” , Enhance the awareness and ability of regional market entities to safeguard intellectual property rights. Xingcheng Court participated in the 2023 Northeast Asia (Xingcheng) International Swimwear Expo to provide exhibitors and consumers with intellectual property rights protection and litigation guidance. Courts across the province have vigorously carried out a series of activities to popularize intellectual property laws in communities and provide legal services to enterprises, to enhance people’s awareness of respecting knowledge, advocating innovation, and being honest and law-abiding.

According to reports, this year the Liaoning Court will further strengthen the judicial protection of intellectual property rights. In the “1+7” special action to upgrade and optimize the legal business environment, it has launched a special activity to “maintain the market order of fair competition” and adopt methods to steadily try monopoly and cases in accordance with the law. Unfair competition dispute cases, giving full play to the exemplary and leading role of high-quality cases, effectively strengthening line guidance and promoting the unification of judgment standards, resolutely practicing the collaborative mechanism to substantively resolve disputes, etc., to help form a respect for original works through judicial judgment , promote a good market economy atmosphere of honesty and credit, standardize the order of competition, and encourage fair competition.