The Keqiao District People's Court in Shaoxing, East China's Zhejiang province, granted access to an AI-powered textile pattern recognition system for 560 courts across China with intellectual property jurisdiction, marking the first nationwide application of such a tool in the judicial field, on July 16.

Originally developed in Keqiao to address copyright issues in the local textile industry, the system offers three core functions: duplication detection, innovation referencing, and infringement analysis. It enables fast rights verification and immediate feedback.

Since its launch in Shaoxing, textile pattern infringement cases in the city have decreased by more than 90 percent. The average time to resolve a case has been shortened from four months to just one.

The Supreme People's Court launched a one-year pilot program in April 2024 across six regions, including Shanghai and Jiangsu. As of July 17, the system had processed 12,701 pattern check requests, with 8,300 confirmed as existing works — a confirmation rate of 66.5 percent.

The system was officially promoted nationwide in June.