On 24 Feb. 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released eight typical cases related to telecom and online fraud and associated crimes, underscoring the intensified crackdowns on such offenses.
The series of cases involves crimes such as fraud, illegal border…

On 11 Feb. 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released a set of typical cases on combating cyber extortion crimes, aiming to highlight the court’s efforts to crack down on emerging forms of online extortion and encourage victims to seek…

On 19 Mar. 2025, China issued the “Regulations of the State Council on Handling Foreign-Related Intellectual Property (IP) Disputes” (hereinafter the “Regulations”, 国务院关于涉外知识产权纠纷处理的规定), which will take effect on 1 May 2025.
The Regulations consists of 18 articles covering dispute…

On 21 Feb. 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released the second batch of seven typical cases involving people’s assessors in trials, highlighting their role in major cases concerning public interest and ethical controversies.
In cases that drew widespread…

On 12 Dec. 2024, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) issued China’s first anti-anti-suit injunction (AASI) in the global patent dispute between Huawei and Netgear Inc. (Case No: 2024 Zui Gao Fa Zhi Min Zhong 914 (2024最高法知民终914) and 2024 Zui Gao…

On 13 Feb. 2025, the Shanghai International Commercial Court—which had been established less than two months earlier—concluded a dispute over an international contract for the sale of goods. In resolving the issue of what interest rate to be applied when…

In early February 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) launched a “Diversified Dispute Resolution Case Database”, which is open to the public.
The Database can be accessed at http://dyjfalk.court.gov.cn. As of mid-February, the Database has collected more than 200…