A court specializing in intellectual property rights (IPR) opened in Beijing on November 6, in the latest effort to effectively handle IPR conflicts.

The court, which has four hearing rooms, has selected 22 of its 30 judges, each has an average 10 years experience of IPR cases.

The court will mainly hear administrative cases, in which plaintiffs sue authorities over IPR violations.

The establishment of the court is in line with a proposal by the Supreme People's Court, which was approved in August by China's top legislature, to set up three special courts for IPR cases.

The other two, which will mainly deal with civil cases, are expected to open in Shanghai and Guangzhou in southern Guangdong Province by the end of this year.

Chinese courts hear about 110,000 IPR cases annually and this is expected to increase.