The Supreme People's Court (SPC) released the Opinions on Establishing Dispute Resolution Mechanism Linking Conflicts of Litigation and Non-Litigation on August 4.  SPC Judicial Reform Office Deputy Director General Jiang Huiling says since IPR disputes usually involve very technical issues, in addition to offer more specialized training to judges, courts will guide and facilitate more participation in dispute resolution of non-contesting parties for more efficient trial or settlement.

According to the Opinions, dispute settlement agreements facilitated by administrative authorities, business settlement organizations, industry settlement organizations or any other organizations with settlement missions shall assume the effect of civil agreements, with which parties shall comply.

 (China IP News)