Recently, Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Ltd. & Co. KG in Germany wrote to Shanghai Intellectual Property Court (hereinafter referred to as SIPC)in appreciation ofits fair and efficient trial of intellectual property cases.As is said in the letter, Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Ltd. & Co. KGas well as its two branches, a technology leader in the field of textile machinery, has filed a number of patent infringement lawsuits with SIPC since 2016, and thanks to the court's fair trial and professionalism, it has successfully stopped the patent infringements. For that, the company is extremelygrateful.Two patent infringement lawsuits in 2018were singled out for a special mention, for which evidence preservation needed to be done at a large exhibition. The court's filing, trial and execution departments cooperated with each other and finished evidence preservation in a short time. It fully demonstrates the efficiency and professionalism of the Chinese judicial organs thatgive equal IP protection to multinational corporations without discrimination. The thank-you letter concludes with the following sentence, "We believe that China will be the first choice for moreforeign companies, and more Chinese companies will spare no effort to develop intellectual properties."

Since its establishment, SIPC has implemented the judicial policy of strictly protecting IP rights, and has actively played aleading role in the judicial protection of IP rights. Giventhe characteristicsof IP infringement disputes, the court has increased the application scope of evidence preservation and other interim judicial measures, and reduced the involving parties' cost of defending their rights. The court handles foreign-related IP cases fairly and efficiently, and protects the IP rights of both Chinese and foreign parties timely and equally according to the law. It makes strenuous effortsto improve the credibility and international influence of the judicial IP protection of China, and goes all out to provide judicial service and powerful guarantee for building a world-leadingbusiness environment.