Tribunal hears first intellectual property case

The Beijing Intellectual Property Tribunal heard its first case on Tuesday since it was set up at the beginning of November to improve the quality of trials and fulfill judicial reform.

As of Dec 5, 221 intellectual property cases had been filed, of which 63 percent were related to administrative disputes, such as patents and brand names.

In the first case, a pharmaceutical company, Wecome Pharmaceutical Corp, in Lishui, Zhejiang province, sued the State Intellectual Property Office, claiming a patent issued by the authority was invalid.