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A total of 145 Chinese enterprises were included in the 2022 world's top 500 enterprises.
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The included 145 Chinese enterprises account for one-third of the top 500 enterprises' total revenue.
5,339
In 2022, the top 500 Chinese enterprises have participated in the formulation of 5,339 international standards.
More Overseas IP Cases Resolved in China
More overseas litigants are choosing to resolve international intellectual property disputes in China, according to a recent report. This shows that foreign innovators are increasingly recognizing the legal protection for IP rights in China and are confident in its market, experts said.
According to the annual report issued by the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People's Court, the country's top court, at the end of last month, 457 new cases involving overseas entities were received, an increase of 4.6 percent year-on-year. The English version of the report was made available online on Tuesday.
EPO: China Files Record-High European Patent Applications in 2022
Chinese companies and inventors filed a record high of 19,041 patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO), up 15.1%, the highest among the 20 major patent filing countries, according to the Patent Index 2022 revealed by EPO recently.
Stronger IPR Protection Drives More Innovation
Courts increase penalties for offenders in high-tech areas
Innovators in China have been given stronger protection over the past five years, thanks to greater judicial efforts in the intellectual property rights field, the country's top court and top procuratorate said.
Foreign Entities Own 861,000 Valid Invention Patents in China by the End of 2022
Intellectual property protection is an important part of a sound business environment. As of the end of 2022, the number of valid invention patents owned by foreign entities in China reached 861,000, a 4.5% jump year-on-year, involving 58,000 foreign companies, an increase of 2,000 from the previous year. The number of valid registered trademarks owned by foreign entities hit 2.03 million, up 5.9%. Foreign interests' greater IPR footprints in China, as revealed at a recent SCIO (State Council Information Office) press conference on IP statistics of 2022, indicated IPR has continued to exert its role in boosting high-level opening up.
