The Supreme People’s Court Released its 2008 Top 10 IPR Protection Cases
May 1, 2009On April 21, the Supreme People’s Court released the 2008 Top 10 IPR Judiciary Protection Cases, including 7 civil cases, 2 criminal cases and 1 administrative case, among which are 3 copyright case, 3 trademark cases, 2 patent cases, 1 new varieties of plant case and 1 domain name infringement case.
The Top 10 IPR Protection Cases are:
1. Porsche Automobile Co., v. Techart Automobile Service Co., Ltd copyright infringement case;
2. Huang Zixiu v. Nanning Art Theatre copyright infringement case;
3. Ritz Hotel, Limited v. Shanghai Huangpu Lichi Leisure and Fitness Co., Ltd. trademark infringement case;
4. Henan Zhenglong Food Co., Ltd. (Baixiang) v. Sichuan Baijia Food Co., Ltd. and Henan Silin Department Store Co., Ltd. trademark infringement case;
5. Jiangsu Baite Export-Import Trading Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Huaian Kangbaite Carpet Co., Ltd. v. Xu Zanyou intellectual property related dispute case;
6. Hefei Xinqiang Seed Technology Co., Ltd. v. Anhui Chuangfu Seed Co., Ltd. new plant infringement case;
7. Hangzhou Dukuai Internet Media Co., Ltd. v. Wang Linyang internet domain name infringement case;
8. Jining Pressureless Boiler Company v, the Patent Reexamination Board of SIPO and Shu Xuezhang patent invalidation case;
9. Xiapu Huafeng Machine Co., Ltd. and Zeng Fengxi trademark passing-off case;
10. Xu Chufeng and Jiang Haiyu copyright infringement case.