On January 28, 2026, the Intellectual Property Court (IPC) of China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released the 2025 Annual Report of the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court. The Reported highlighted some IP infringement cases as well as provided statistics on caseloads and verdicts. Punitive damages are being award more regularly, but large verdicts are still relatively rare.  In 2025, 30 cases (a 66.7% increase year-on-year) applied punitive damages, with a total compensation amount of 1.13 billion RMB (a 29.4% increase year-on-year), averaging approximately 38 million RMB per case; 32 cases received high compensation exceeding 10 million RMB, with a total compensation amount of 2.54 billion yuan, averaging approximately 80 million yuan per case. 

                                                                                                 Source: News Bureau of the Supreme People's Court