Court mulled for IP cases

The top court is considering setting up a high court specializing in handling intellectual property disputes as the country takes bigger steps to protect IP rights, a senior judge said.

The Supreme People's Court is also studying how to hear IP lawsuits more efficiently and will make public detailed procedures soon, Song Xiaoming, chief judge of the top court's IP Tribunal, told China Daily.

The nation currently has three IP courts, all at intermediate level, in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong.