Tianjin Intellectual Property Court had recently achieved quick hearing of 40 cases in a row on infringement disputes, to thereby safeguard rights and interests of parties with the aid of the sole-judge system. 

This series of cases surrounds a second-instance dispute over copyright infringement between a magazine company and a cultural communication company in Tianjin. After trial, both parties have spoken highly of the efficiency of the fast trial method. 

"We have designated the situation of focusing on the application of sole-judgment, as well as the cases where the court of first instance applies summary procedure judgments, such as infringement of information network communication rights and other cases with relatively high application rates, depending on characteristics of cases heard by intellectual property court. We are expanding our scope of practice in compliance with the law." Said staff of the IP court. The past three months had seen the application rate to 29.7% under the sole-judge system of second instance in Tianjin Intellectual Property Court, which guaranteed diversion of simple and complicated cases of second instance, as well as the quickened trial and settlement. 

Staff also said that Tianjin Intellectual Property Court, as a pilot department for the reform of Tianjin No.3 Intermediate People's Court, will further improve the screening mechanism, optimize trial resources, and sum up the pilot experience to steadily promote the application of the sole-judge system in second instance hearing.