WTO rejects EU claims in intellectual property dispute with China
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 24, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 24, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
The WTO panel rejected EU claims against China regarding intellectual property violations, citing insufficient evidence but noted China's transparency issues.
GENEVA (Reuters) -A World Trade Organization panel on Thursday rejected the European Union's claims that China had violated the global watchdog's rules on intellectual property.
The WTO panel concluded that the EU had not demonstrated inconsistencies with WTO rules. However, it did say that China had failed to comply with all WTO transparency obligations.
The European Union filed the complaint against China in 2022, alleging that Chinese courts were preventing European companies from protecting their telecom technology patents.
(Reporting by Emma Farge; Editing by Christoph Steitz)
The article discusses the WTO's rejection of the EU's claims against China regarding intellectual property rule violations.
The EU alleged that Chinese courts were preventing European companies from protecting their telecom technology patents.
The WTO panel concluded that the EU had not demonstrated any inconsistencies with WTO rules by China.
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