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Legal system offers 'due protection'
By Xie Chuanjiao (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-04-25 09:40
"Chinese IPR laws are typically in tune with international IPR laws, so equal protection is accorded to both overseas and domestic IPR owners," Xiong Xuanguo, vice-president of the Supreme People's Court, told an IPR protection forum inBeijingyesterday. The number of IPR cases has increased in recent years. Chinese courts received 54,321 and concluded 52,437 civil cases from 2002 and 2006, up by 17.1 and 19.3 percentyear-on-year. "The big increase indicates the rapid development of China's IPR protection undertakings, as well as strong social demand and trust in the legal process," Xiong added. In January, the supreme court issued a notice ordering stricter penalties for IPR violators, whose "illegal gains and production tools should be confiscated and their pirated products destroyed". (For more biz stories, please visit Industries)
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China has established a fair, efficient and authoritative judicial structure for intellectual property right (IPR) protection, and right holders from at home and abroad are getting due protection, according to a senior court official.