As approved by the Supreme People’s Court, Shenzhen IP Court and Economic Court opened on December 26. Both specialized courts are of great significance in serving and securing technical innovation and financial development, as well as promoting economic and social development in a healthy and sustainable manner.

　　Both courts are located in Shenzhen Qianhai cooperation zone. The IP Court will hear IP cases under the jurisdiction of Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court, and the Economic Court will handle civil and commercial cases of first instance involving financial matters beyond the jurisdiction of Shenzhen grass-roots courts and the ones appealed against civil and commercial cases of first instance involving financial matters heard by the grass-roots courts.

　　Trademark and Brand Strategies. Also, the information about illegal acts in IPR field is included into the credit record and illegal behaviors are subject to joint punishment. The campaigns of “Huhang”, “Leiting”, “Shandian”, “Jianwang”, “Qingfeng” and “Longteng” have been launched. The work mechanism is established to collect the information about the origin of counterfeit goods. As of the end of September this year, 1.287 million pieces of data had been collected. From January to October, the applications for trademark registration increased by 48.55% and the software copyright registrations grew by 90.36% on a year-on-year basis nationwide.