According to the newly released "China IPR Indexes Report 2018", judicial protection for intellectual property rights was increasingly sought in China by foreign entities, as the IP protection environment significantly progressed over the past decade; fairer outcomes were delivered to foreign corporations as they may be awarded more in compensation and have a better chance at winning cases in China.
The Report shows that the amount awarded and percentage of lawsuits won have both risen in trademark and patent suits. The percentage of cases won of trademark suits in 2018 reached 83.3%. In trademark suits in 2018, 91.7% of claimants hired lawyers. The average award was 26.4% of amount of that claimants requested. There were also some significant cases with big-amount awards.
More foreign corporations are resolving to tackle their IPR complaints using legal rather than administrative means.
http://english.ipraction.gov.cn/article/News/201812/20181200207832.shtml
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