Increase in foreign lawsuits offers judges chance to show abilities

The rising number of intellectual property rights cases from foreigners will provide a good opportunity for Chinese courts to boost their judicial image and avoid legal misunderstandings, an official of China's top court told China Daily.

The country's courts heard 91,187 civil and administrative intellectual property cases last year, 2,840 of which involved overseas litigants, according to figures from the Supreme People's Court.