On April 21, Supreme People's Court releases the Top 10 Cases of IPR Judicial Protection in China in 2008 and the 50 Typical Cases of IPR Judicial Protection in China in 2008 on its website. This is one of the activities of Supreme People's Court in the 2009 IPR Publicity Week.

The Top 10 Cases of IPR Judicial Protection in 2008 include seven civil cases, two criminal cases and one administrative case. Of this amount, one case is finally judged by Supreme People's Court, six by higher people's courts, one by intermediate people's court and two by grassroots people's courts.

The 50 Typical Cases of IPR Judicial Protection in China in 2008 include 45 IP civil cases and five IP administrative cases. Of the 45 civil IP cases, 10 infringe the patent rights, 15 are copyright infringements, eight violate the trademark rights, two infringe the rights of the new varieties of plants, eight fall into the category of unfair competition, and two belong to IP contract cases. Of the IP administrative cases, four involve the authorizations and affirmations of patents and trademarks and one is general IP administrative case.