Chinese courts handled 1,280 cases involving intellectual property rights (IPR) violation, production and selling of shoddy products, and illegal business operations from Jan. to May this year, a senior Chinese judge said on Tuesday.

The figure jumped 23.9 percent over the same period of last year, Shen Deyong, vice president of the Supreme People's Court, told a press conference here, adding that 1,061 of the cases had been concluded, up 28.29 percent year-on-year.

Source: Xinhua