China: Trade Secrets

China's State Council and Supreme People's Court released comprehensive reports detailing the nation's intellectual property achievements in 2025, including legislative reforms, enforcement statistics, and landmark AI-related copyright cases. Courts nationwide concluded over 539,000 IP cases while new regulations on trade secrets and anti-unfair competition entered force, demonstrating China's commitment to strengthening IP protection across traditional and emerging technology sectors.

In March 2026, China’s IP protection entered its annual strategic positioning phase—judicial rules for AI and deployment of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) emerged as the hot topics.

开源协议和开源软件在我国产业界并非新鲜事物，但在司法领域中逐步被接受还是近年之事。