The rapidly developing internet economy is creating new requirements for judicial protection of intellectual property, legal experts said at a symposium that kicked off in Shanghai on Nov 26.

The number of IP disputes in the internet field rose from 203 in 2016 to 879 in 2018 in Jiangsu province, the Jiangsu Provincial Higher People's Court said. The number of such disputes more than doubled from the previous year and reached nearly 108,00 last year, according to the Zhejiang Provincial Higher People's Court. "Disputes in computer software as well as big-data technology, mobile games and apps arising from new technologies and new business models have become prevalent these years and are urging judges to acquire new knowledge and skills in dealing with such cases," said Liu Yuanzhen, vice-president of the Jiangsu provincial court said during the International Symposium on Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in the New Era. Chinese courts have also been increasingly relying on internet technologies to handle such cases, judges said. The symposium, which was held by the Chinese Courts International Exchanges Base (Shanghai) for Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and the Science and Technology Innovation Research (Shanghai) Base for Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property of the Supreme People's Court.

Source: China Daily