Guangdong courts searching for fair infringement awards

Guangdong courts are working to crack the hard challenge of assessing damages in intellectual property cases, said Xu Chunjian, vice-president of the High People's Court in the province.

Xu told China Daily his team will make full use of rules covering disclosure of evidence, obstruction, expert testimony and preponderance of evidence to find actual losses or gains due to infringement.

The Chinese judicial system has long been criticized for low compensation awards for losses in IP cases.