Data Analysis Report on Patent Litigation Involving American Enterprises in China

This report is about the data analysis on patent litigation involving American enterprises in China from 2008 to October 2018. It includes three parts: Overall Condition Analysis of Cases, Analysis on administrative cases of patent and the Analysis on civil patent cases.

Through search, it is figured out that the court of China totally hears 586 patent litigation involving American enterprises in China from 2008 to 2018. Generally, patent litigation involving American enterprises in China has a tendency to grow in the fluctuations. And cases relating to the invention patent take up the highest proportion.

Among the administrative cases of patent, administrative dispute cases of patent right invalidation are in the majority, occupying 68% in administrative cases of patent. And among administrative cases involving American enterprises, those supporting the claims of the American enterprises are less in number.

As for the civil patent cases, the number of cases heard in Beijing, Guangdong and Jiangsu, etc. is comparatively large. This has a certain association with their economic development and foreign exchange levels. And among civil lawsuits involving American enterprises, there is a comparatively larger number of them supporting the claims of the American enterprises.