Yesterday morning, At the new conference by Ningbo Municipal News Office, Shi Yuanlin, spokesman of Ningbo intermediate Court make a report of the situation of the judicial protection of intellectual property rights.

　　At his report, Shi Yuanlin said, last year, the trials of the cases concerning intellectual property rights had five features: 1, cases of civil disputes were on a radical rise. Statistics show that in 2007, the court heard 315 cases of civil disputes of intellectual property rights, increased by 12.9% over the previous year. 2, the court strengthened the criminal judicial protection of intellectual property rights. in the year, the court closed 10 such cases and 14 persons were punished. 3, The court heard 2 administrative cases, a breakthrough in the administrative trial in the history. 4, New cases appear constantly.

　　In addition, the trial system of judicial trial of intellectual property rights was further improved. In last June, authorized by the Supreme Court, Cixi People's Court was authorized to have jurisdiction over some civil cases of intellectual property rights infringement, the first one that has the authority in Zhejiang Province.