As the 19^th World Intellectual Property Day was approaching, on April 25, Shanghai Intellectual Property Court (“SIPC”) releasedjudgment on 12 intellectual property cases over patents and trademarks rights. The parties involved include Hoffmann-LaRoche, Alibaba, Louis Vuitton-Mariti, Paris Baguette, Red Star Macalline and other domestic and foreign well-known brands or enterprises. The purpose of this collective judgment is to strengthen the judicial protection of intellectual property rights, and highlight the functional role of IP-related trials in serving and guaranteeing scientific and technological innovation and in optimizing the business environment.