Tribunals' IP rights caseload continues to spike

China's top court has taken actions to alleviate burdens brought by a boom of cases in three intellectual property tribunals, a move to ensure work efficiency and improve legal credibility.

The three IP tribunals - in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong province - handled 10,795 disputes by Aug 20, and the number is still rapidly rising, according the Supreme People's Court on Wednesday.

"The cases heard by the three tribunals since they were set up at the end of last year have exceeded our expectations, and the number of judges we arranged for the tribunals cannot handle the enormous number of disputes," said Wang Chuang, deputy president of the IP department at the top court.