The Information Office of the State Council on July 14 issued an assessment report of National Human Rights Plan of Action (2009-2010), which assesses China's culture industry development, IP protection and achievements in the special campaign against IP infringement and counterfeit goods. Under the report, China has stepped up IP protection, punished some piracy and infringements and established patent search and service platforms.

For two years, China has received 2,014 patent infringement cases, handled 100,000+ trademark infringement cases. The culture administrations nationwide has dispatched 16.5 million enforcement officers/times, ordered 510,000 businesses for rectification and revoked 7,058 licenses.

(China IP News)