China prosecuted a total of 11,003 people last year for violating trademarks, patents, copyright and business secrets, a rise of 32.2 per cent from 2018
Trade partners have long complained about intellectual property theft in China, which is also trying to encourage innovation at home
The number of infringement cases involving intellectual property rights violations in China has surged 5,660 per cent over the past two decades, according to the top prosecutor's office, in a sign of Beijing’s growing seriousness about rights protection as it seeks to boost innovation and appease the United States.
Details of the enforcement drive were released by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate of China in an annual work report on Monday, marking the first time the office has provided data on long-term trends.
In 2019, Chinese authorities prosecuted a total of 11,003 people for violating trademarks, patents, copyright and business secrets, a rise of 32.2 per cent from 2018, Zhang Jun, China’s prosecutor general, said in the report.
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WNU Editor: The Chinese may be prosecuting more businesses that are violating trademarks, patents, copyright and business secrets. But it is still a drop in the ocean on what they could do.
