Typical Cases

Online review related right infringement cases

2022-07-07

As online shopping is now a major lifestyle practice, online product reviews by consumers have become a major reference for their shopping decisions.
Use of publicly available images of actors for artistic appreciation does not constitute infringement of right to likeness

2022-06-29

The Beijing Internet Court (BIC) recently concluded a network tort liability case where a company (the defendant) used published stills of an actor (the plaintiff) on its WeChat account for appreciation and commentary purposes.
How is compensation determined when both parties submit different market price evidence for use of similar types of images?

2022-06-28

The Beijing Internet Court (BIC) recently held an open hearing on a case of infringement of the information network dissemination right.
Comics platform liable for providing content inappropriate for minors

2022-06-21

In December 2020, the parents of Xiao Xue, a middle school student, found out to their surprise that she had deposited money to an online comic reading platform from May 25, 2019 to Dec 22, 2020 to a total of 1,466 yuan ($219).
Case trial clarifies online chat group administrators’ scope of authority

2022-05-30

As people are nowadays more active in cyberspace, chat groups have become a necessary means of communication and more and more disputes related to the authority of chat group administrators have arisen.
Plagiarizing webpage design may constitute infringement

2022-05-30

The Beijing Internet Court (BIC) recently trialed a case on plagiarizing the page design of a website.
BIC case included in 2021 top 10 IPR cases heard by Beijing courts

2022-05-06

The top 10 intellectual property right (IPR) cases trialed by courts in Beijing in 2021 were recently released.
BIC case included in SPC’s typical civil cases on personality rights protection

2022-04-18

To better guide courts nationwide to correctly apply the provisions concerning personality rights in the Civil Code which took effect on Jan 1, 2021, the Supreme People's Court recently released nine typical civil cases on personality rights protection.

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