The order of the year is replaced, and the chapter is new. Recently, the rule of law published an article "Active Justice Makes "High Quality" Severely Protected" Beijing Intellectual Property Court Continues to Promote "Legal Protection Innovation" Circuit Trial", reviewing the Beijing Intellectual Property Court's pursuit of light in 2023 and looking forward to the new journey in 2024.
In 2023, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court will promote the innovation and development of intellectual property adjudication work with active justice, providing a strong judicial guarantee for the in-depth implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy and the acceleration of the construction of an intellectual property power.
Looking back on 2023, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court has worked hard to uphold justice for the people, and closed more than 30,000 cases throughout the year, an increase of 27 year-on-year6％；It has heard a number of first-class intellectual property cases, such as the dispute over the refusal to trade of raw materials of "Batrazyme" and the unfair competition dispute of "Shubao APP", and was selected as a typical anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition case of the Supreme People's Court in 2023; In the case of trademark infringement by CCTV International Network*** v. a company in Beijing, punitive damages were applied to severely crack down on serious intellectual property infringement, and the overall amount of compensation awarded in related cases was increased by 632%。In addition, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court has strengthened litigation guidance and improved the litigation ability and rights protection level of parties by issuing litigation guidelines such as the "Reference for Handling Qualification Documents for Foreign-related Cases".
To protect intellectual property is to protect innovation. In 2023, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court will carry out a series of roving trial actions of "Legal Protection Innovation", and customize 17 research reports and rights protection guidelines for different science and technology parks and key industries, providing strong judicial guarantees for the construction of the main platform of "Three Cities and One District" and the Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center. At the same time, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court has successively released 56 typical cases in various fields such as anti-unfair competition in data and patent authorization and confirmation, and delivered keynote speeches at high-end conferences and forums such as the Global Digital Economy Conference, the Trade in Services Fair, and the Seed Industry Conference, clarifying the adjudication rules and judicial orientation, and striving to make the "voice of Jingzhi".
The order of the year is replaced, and the chapter is new. In 2024, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court will celebrate its 10th anniversary. In the face of the new situation and new challenges, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court will always keep in mind its original mission, uphold integrity and innovation, perform its duties loyally, and strive to complete the "ten-year answer sheet" to the satisfaction of the people.
Looking forward to the new year, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court will continue to strengthen the construction of the team, resolutely build a solid foundation of political loyalty, persevere in upright conduct and discipline and anti-corruption, vigorously promote the regularization, specialization, professionalism and internationalization of the trial team, and strive to build a "team of intellectual property judges who are politically firm, take into account the overall situation, proficient in law, familiar with technology, and have an international perspective", so as to effectively improve the level of performance ability.
In the trial session, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court will continue to promote the "legal protection innovation" circuit trial in the new year, and continue to strengthen the legal guarantee for key emerging industries, key fields, and key core technologies in key science and technology parks in an all-round and multi-angle manner, so as to help science and technology become self-reliant and self-reliant, and the high-quality development of the capital.
At the same time, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court will adhere to the concept of strict protection, do a solid job of strict protection, strike hard at key areas with high incidence of infringement, severely punish them, make full use of punitive damages, give full play to the role of the system of act preservation, property preservation, evidence preservation and other systems to curb infringement, and establish a clear orientation with strict justice.
In order to further create a good environment to encourage innovation, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court will deepen the active judiciary, combine case handling with the promotion of high-quality development in the new era and new development stage, coordinate fair and reasonable protection and prevention of abuse of rights, ensure both public interest and encourage innovation, so that "true innovation" is "truly protected" and "high quality" is "strictly protected".
At the same time, in the new year, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court will improve the level of professionalization, continue to deepen the governance of litigation sources in key areas, vigorously improve the quality of litigation services, and improve the satisfaction of the people. Properly hear cases involving high-value technologies, and actively promote source and comprehensive governance in key areas through the release of typical cases, judicial recommendations, and other means.
On the international stage, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court will further enhance its international influence, make full use of case resources, make more judicial rulings with international rules, tell the story of China's intellectual property adjudication, and serve high-level opening-up.
In the new year, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court will continue to be honest and down-to-earth, comprehensively promote the high-quality development of intellectual property adjudication, actively respond to the new requirements of industry innovation and the new expectations of the people, and make new and greater contributions to building a strong country in intellectual property.