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Chinese courts strengthen IP protection, seed-industry competition efforts

( November 13, 2024, 04:01 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Chinese courts have adjudicated 138,000 first-instance administrative cases involving intellectual property rights from 2016 to September 2024, representing an annual growth rate of 20.3 percent, Zhang Jun, president of the Supreme People's Court, said in his report to the top legislature about the country's administrative trial work. The judiciary also held regular meetings with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and antitrust regulators with an aim to improve IP protection and prevent the abuse of IP rights in the seed industry. Further, the report emphasizes correcting administrative actions that hinder market competition to support a unified national market.The report follows:...

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