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Foreign Companies Achieve Greater Success in the Beijing Intellectual Property Court
25 OCTOBER / 2019
On October 16, 2019, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court published a summary of the intellectual property cases involving foreign parties that it had reviewed. The summary shows that among the cases considered from the establishment of the court in November 2014 through the first half of 2019, foreign legal entities and individuals have played an increasingly significant role.
Since its establishment, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court has accepted 13,736 intellectual property cases involving foreign parties (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), accounting for 21.1% of the total number of cases.
Over the same period, a total of 10,755 cases involving foreign parties were concluded, accounting for 20.7% of all cases. The number of cases involving foreign parties increased year by year, with average annual growth of approximately 8.4% in accepted cases and approximately 40.4% in concluded cases.
In terms of the geographical distribution of concluded cases, they involved 90 countries and regions (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). Legal entities or individuals from the United States accounted for the largest share at 33.2%; German legal entities or individuals accounted for 10.3%; cases involving Japanese legal entities or individuals accounted for 8.8%; and European Union countries accounted for 39.3%.
In administrative cases involving foreign parties, the share of cases won by foreign parties was 49% (excluding cases in which both the plaintiff and the third party were foreign). In civil cases, the share of cases won by foreign parties was 68% (excluding cases in which both the plaintiff and the defendant were foreign).
Source: CCPIT Patent & Trademark Law Office
Over the same period, a total of 10,755 cases involving foreign parties were concluded, accounting for 20.7% of all cases. The number of cases involving foreign parties increased year by year, with average annual growth of approximately 8.4% in accepted cases and approximately 40.4% in concluded cases.
In terms of the geographical distribution of concluded cases, they involved 90 countries and regions (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). Legal entities or individuals from the United States accounted for the largest share at 33.2%; German legal entities or individuals accounted for 10.3%; cases involving Japanese legal entities or individuals accounted for 8.8%; and European Union countries accounted for 39.3%.
In administrative cases involving foreign parties, the share of cases won by foreign parties was 49% (excluding cases in which both the plaintiff and the third party were foreign). In civil cases, the share of cases won by foreign parties was 68% (excluding cases in which both the plaintiff and the defendant were foreign).
Source: CCPIT Patent & Trademark Law Office
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