The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) has recently distributed the Circular on Issuing the Typical Cases of Procuratorial Organs on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (the "Circular").
The Circular selects nine cases as the typical cases of procuratorial organs on protection of intellectual property rights, including the "Case on Trade Secret Infringement by Zhejiang Zhao X. Corporation Limited and Six Persons Including Fang X. Jun", which are hereby issued to provide reference for all localities in case handling. These cases include six criminal cases, and one civil supervision cases, one administrative supervision case, and one public interest litigation case. They have four features as follows: (1) demonstrating the effectiveness in the procuratorial organs' comprehensive performance of their duties in terms of intellectual property; (2) focusing on the protection of key core technologies and promoting the development of new productive forces; (3) stressing the concept of lawful and equal protection of all types of subjects; and (4) reflecting the lawful and proactive performance of duties and promoting the governance at the sources of litigation.