The casebook of judgments by courts of China in the WIPO Collection of Leading Judgments on Intellectual Property Rights (2019–2023) was officially released on April 26, the 26th World Intellectual Property Day.

Jointly published by the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) of China and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the casebook, in both Chinese and English versions, compiles 66 typical cases adjudicated by Chinese courts from 2019 to 2023. These cases span civil, administrative, and criminal matters involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, monopoly and unfair competition, trade secrets, new plant varieties, and integrated circuit layout designs.

With a total length exceeding 300,000 words, the casebook highlights the development and refinement of judicial rules for intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in China. It reflects the country’s firm commitment to strengthening IPR protection and fostering a market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized business environment. A preface to the casebook was jointly authored by Tao Kaiyuan, vice-president of the SPC, and Daren Tang, director general of WIPO.

In recent years, Chinese courts have leveraged their rich repository of IPR cases to actively participate in global IPR governance under the WIPO framework. These efforts have injected new momentum into international cooperation on IPR protection and contributed Chinese insights toward building a more equitable and balanced global IPR governance system.

In 2019, China’s SPC and WIPO jointly published the casebook of judgments on IPR by Chinese courts from 2011 to 2018, the first in this series. In 2023, the SPC also participated in the drafting of the China chapter of WIPO’s flagship publication — An International Guide to Patent Case Management for Judges. To date, a total of 96 judgments on IPR by Chinese courts have been included in the WIPO Lex database.