The Supreme People's Court (SPC) released its 2009 Annual Work Report on July 13.

According to the report, 36,140 IPR civil, criminal and administrative cases were concluded in 2009, up 29.65%. Among which, 30,509 are IPR civil cases, up 29.73%. Of all the IPR civil cases concluded, 15,180 are copyrights, 4,524 are patent infringement, 6,975 are trademark disputes and 1,287 unfair competition cases with false advertisements included.

Source: China IP News