In 2008, local courts nationwide totally accept and conclude 24,406 and 23,518 IP cases of the first instance, up 36.52 percent and 35.2 percent year on year respectively, making great progress in this regard; a total of 3,326 criminal cases of IPR infringement are concluded; they also accept 1,074 IP administrative cases of the first instance, with 1,032 cases being concluded.

In 2008, the number of IP civil cases tried by the Supreme People's Court maintains stable growing impetus. That year, local courts newly accept 4,074 cases of patent, a year-on-year growth of 0.82 percent, 6,233 cases of trademark, up 61.69 percent, and 10,951 cases of copyrights, rising 50.78 percent. Local courts also conclude 1,139 IP civil cases of the first instance, up 70.51 percent, and 225 IP civil cases involving Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, down 30.34 percent year on year. A total of 4,759 and 4,699 IP civil cases of the second instance are accepted and concluded, up 66.11 percent and 63.73 percent respectively. The numbers of retried cases accepted and concluded reach 102 and 71, up 161.54 percent and 57.78 percent respectively. The conclusion rate of IP civil cases of the first instance of the courts nationwide increases from 80.01 percent in 2007 to 81.73 percent in 2008.
In 2008, local courts nationwide totally conclude 3,326 criminal cases of IP infringement with judgments of legal effect involving 5,388 people, of which, 5,386 are sentenced guilty.

By the end of 2008, a total of nine intermediate courts and 14 grassroots courts initiate the pilot project of trying various IP cases in one tribunal. Currently, the number of intermediate courts with jurisdiction of trying patent cases hits 71, and a total of 66 grassroots courts are authorized to try general IP civil cases.