Last week, China's Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) released data on cases handled by procuratorial agencies nationwide for the first half of 2024. The SPP highlighted that technological advancements, the digital economy, and the cultural and creative industries have led to a surge in complex intellectual property (IP) infringement cases.

According to the SPP’s case management office, approximately 16,000 individuals were implicated in IP infringement cases during this period, marking a 21.5% increase compared to the previous year. Among these cases were more than 1,800 individuals involved in trade secret theft and patent counterfeiting, with legal actions taken against crimes related to essential technologies.

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Mark WANG, GUOFUWENJIA LAW/ S&O IP China, Senior Associate