Judges call for updated law on fair competition

Legislators urged to take action in view of changes in the Chinese market

Chinese judges have called on legislators to revise a law against unfair competition to adapt to recent changes in the Chinese market.

Last year alone, Chinese courts accepted 2,181 civil disputes involving unfair competition, a year-on-year increase of 53.38 percent, according to Song Xiaoming, chief judge of the Supreme People's Court's Intellectual Property Tribunal.