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Research Paper
Published online: September 1, 2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14330/cwr.2017.3.2.01
From Tribunal to Court: Latest Development of Judicial Protection for Intellectual Property in China
Xiaoqing Feng & Li Wang
China University of Political Science and Law
CUPL, No.25, Xi Tu Cheng Road, Beijing, 100088, P. R. China.
Corresponding Author: fengxiaoqingipr@sina.com
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Abstract
The judicial protection of IP is the most important and fundamental guarantee for the protection of IP in China. The judicial protection system of IP in China has experienced the development procedure of setting up a special pilot tribunal, "three-hearing-in-one" and a special court. The establishment and operation of IP courts in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou marks the establishment of the new hearing system for IP dispute in China. The founding and operation of IP courts have an in-depth background. With the rapid development of the economy in China, especially since the entrance of the WTO, there have been more IP cases and they constitute huge challenges for adjudication of IP disputes in China. In this regard, the IP courts is a good way to cope with. The establishment of IP courts will undoubtedly has deeper influence and significance in the judicial protection of IP in China, yet there are also many problems and difficulties to tackle with it.
Keywords : Special Courts, IP Court, Judicial Protection, Three-Hearing-in-One, China
