CRI听力:Intellectual Property Rights Court to Open in Beijing

Final preparations are underway for the official opening of an Intellectual Property Rights court in Beijing this month.

Similar preparations are being made for the opening of IPR courts in Shanghai and Guangzhou before the end of this year.

The courts are designed to specifically handle cases connected to issues such as patents and technology disputes.

Wang Chuang, deputy head of the IPR division with China's Supreme Court, says cases involving appeals to the IPR courts are going to remain in the same jurisdiction.

"If an appeal is made to a higher court, the IPR division in the administrative region will be brought in to local area to help with the case. This will help maintain jurisdictional standards."

Many courts across China don't have the technical know-how to deal with often-complex IPR cases.

This is why the authorities have created the new IPR court system to help local courts sort through the challenges in dealing with these types of cases.