On 12 June 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released six typical cases involving the use of the internet and information technology to infringe upon personality rights, highlighting the judicial practice of courts in protecting personality rights.
These cases address issues such as facial identity theft, AI voice cloning, and cyberbullying, reflecting courts’ responses
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SPC’s 2024 Typical IP Cases Include AI Face-Swap Ruling
On 21 Apr. 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released the “Intellectual Property (IP) Judicial Protection Status in Chinese Courts (2024)” (中国法院知识产权司法保护状况（2024年）) along with typical IP cases adjudicated by Chinese courts in 2024.
The eight cases in this batch cover industries such as bio-pharmaceuticals, AI technology, and online gaming. Among them, Case 4—a ruling on
SPP Publishes First IP Crime Prosecution White Paper
On 25 Apr. 2024, China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) released the “White Paper of Intellectual Property Crime Prosecution (2021-2023)” (知识产权检察工作白皮书(2021—2023年)).
This is the first time that the SPP has published a white paper related to IP crimes, which provides an overview of IP cases involving criminal, civil, administrative, and public interest prosecution handled by