It is reported that, according to its annual work report, the Supreme People’s Court (i.e. China’s highest court) (SPC) will step up protections for AI and intellectual property in 2025. Chief Justice Zhang Jun reportedly said that the SPC supported the lawful application of AI and “protects innovation strictly in accordance with the law” and that “measures were taken to punish infringements using AI technology, promoting orderly and regulated development”. The report notes that (1) Chinese courts dealt with more than 490,000 intellectual property cases in 2024, up from 100,000 in 2013; (2) the Intellectual Property Court – which comes under the SPC – has also faced an increasing volume of cases involving strategic emerging industries since it was set up in 2019. Such cases accounted for about a third of its total last year; (3) in recent months, several courts have also handed down verdicts on copyright infringements related to AI-generated content; and (4) the SPC is planning to come up with guidelines for deciding such cases.
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