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Patent cases up 108 pct

Xinhua, August 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese courts heard 10,190 cases related to patents in the first half of 2015, more than double the number in the same period last year, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) said on Friday.

There were 5,437 patent disputes and 4,753 cases of counterfeiting, the SIPO said.

Around 58 percent of the cases occurred in the affluent east China, indicating the need for intellectual property rights rises in places with more technological innovation. Endi