Digital supervision system needed as IP disputes increase

While Beijing prosecutors have witnessed a sharp rise in intellectual property cases related to the digital and artificial intelligence fields, they have also pledged to enhance the application of AI in case handling and promote the establishment of a digital supervision system, a report said.

On Friday, the People's Procuratorate of Beijing Municipality released an IP report showing that prosecutors across the city handled a total of 1,083 IP disputes in 2024, marking a year-on-year growth of 13.64 percent.

Among these cases, 91 criminal cases focused on infringement and piracy in the digital industry, a 3.55-fold increase compared with the previous year, the report noted, adding that these cases mainly covered areas such as digital music, online games, online literary works, data management platform software and business secrets.