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2 weeks ago | 
natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
On June 10, 2025, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) announced the 7 Typical Cases of Trademark Administrative Enforcement for 2024 (市场监管总局公布7件商标行政执法典型案例). Administrative enforcement provides an alternative route to IP litigation and criminal prosecution but does not provide damages.
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3 weeks ago | 
natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
On June 4, 2025, Nanjing’s Intellectual Property Protection Center (NIPPC) announced it is banning the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in drafting patent application documents submitted for pre-examination. China’s pre-examination system enables applicants to submit their patent applications to a regional office for an initial examination and potentially receive expedited examination at China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) if certain conditions are met.
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3 weeks ago | 
natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
On April 30, 2025, the Beijing IP Court (BIPC) released their list of 2024 annual cases including 7 IP-related cases and 1 antitrust case. The Court explained that the cases “cover the four major intellectual property trial areas of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and competition and monopoly, involving innovative achievements in emerging industries in key areas such as medicine, communications, seed industry, platform economy and data.
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4 weeks ago | 
natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
On May 26, 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released the “Typical cases on the fifth anniversary of the promulgation of the Civil Code” (民法典颁布五周年典型案例) including one generative AI case in which the Beijing Internet Court held that an AI-generated voice infringed a dubber’s personality rights.
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1 month ago | 
natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
On May 26, 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released the “Typical cases on the fifth anniversary of the promulgation of the Civil Code” (民法典颁布五周年典型案例) including one intellectual property case – the record-setting 640 million RMB trade secret case of June 2024. While the decision was a hollow victory as the defendant is insolvent and has not paid any damages, designation as a typical case may encourage lower courts to award higher damages in future trade secret cases.
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1 month ago | 
natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
On May 22, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released three administrative penalty decisions permanently suspending three trademarks firms from accepting trademark work. Per Tianyancha (geoblocked) and a court decision, one firm in particular was found to have bribed a CNIPA trademark examiner from 2013 to 2021 totaling 1.29 million RMB. The firm was criminally convicted and fined 100,000 RMB and the illegal gains of 1,382,680 RMB were seized.
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1 month ago | 
natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
China’s National People’s Congress recently passed the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Promoting the Private Economy (中华人民共和国民营经济促进法) with several intellectual property provisions. The Law goes into effect on May 20, 2025 and aims to “help create a stable, fair, transparent and predictable environment for the development of the private economy,” e.g., to restrict government overreach that hurts private companies such as the 2021 crackdown on the private tutoring industry.
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1 month ago | 
natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
On May 13, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) in conjunction with the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the Chinese Academy of Science released the Guidelines for the Construction and Operation of Patent Pools (专利池建设运行工作指引). A translation follows.
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1 month ago | 
natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
On May 14, 2025, China’s State Council released their 2025 Legislative Plan (国务院2025年度立法工作计划) including considering several IP-related laws and regulations.
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1 month ago | 
natlawreview.com | Aaron Wininger
On April 29, 2025, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released the Top 10 Typical Cases of Intellectual Property Law Administrative Enforcement for 2024 (2024年知识产权执法十大典型案件). Administrative enforcement is an additional route to enforce intellectual property rights and is often faster than civil litigation. While fines and seizure are available, damages are not. It is also possible that SAMR will refer cases to the procuratorate for criminal prosecution.
