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  • 'Letters Alive' copyright infringement case

    2022-03-23

    A letter to Sanmao (also known as Echo Chen Mao-ping), a late Chinese writer based in Taiwan province, from her father was exposed in a season two episode of the TV show Letters Alive. Sanmao's siblings sued the TV show in the Beijing Internet Court (BIC), alleging copyright infringement of a written work.

  • BIC judgment rejects claims from online gamer suing game companies

    2022-03-23

    A plaintiff surnamed Ma was an online game veteran. In April 2021, company X, the domestic agent of the game he had been playing, banned his game account permanently with no compensation on the grounds of his having used an illegal script.

  • MissFresh app tweeting promotional messages case

    2022-03-23

    Wang received the promotional short messages after registering on MissFresh, a fresh food shopping app. In an attempt to cancel such short message service, she paid 0.1 yuan ($ 0.016) as a cancellation fee according to the app's instructions.

  • Dubbing Show app right infringement case

    2022-01-27

    Beijing Dream Castle Culture CO., Ltd. (Dream Castle) owns the copyright to the popular "Ali" animation short film series.

  • Online shopping: Non-delivery and refund not equivalent to termination of contract

    2022-01-27

    On Jan 27, 2020, the plaintiff surnamed Yang bought a pair of Kobe Bryant (the late NBA player) co-branded gym shoes from a Taobao (an online shopping website) store owned by the defendant surnamed Li.

  • Prepackaged food not equivalent to food with a package

    2022-01-27

    Lin bought some sea cucumber from an online store. Claiming that the packaging of the product failed to meet national safety standards, and assuming the food was prepackaged food, Lin filed a complaint about the store with the local market supervision bureau at district level.

  • Seckill price prevails in online shopping when inconsistencies occur between settlement price and seckill price

    2022-01-10

    The Beijing Internet Court (BIC) recently gave a judgment of the first instance in an online shopping contract dispute between plaintiff Huang and a defendant - an E-commerce company.

  • BIC sets boundaries of personal information use

    2021-12-22

    Finding out that his avatar photo, an identification photo, in an online alumni directory appeared in search results on Baidu, a Chinese online search engine, the plaintiff surnamed Sun complained to the Beijing Internet Court (BIC) alleging that Baidu infringed his right of privacy and personal information right, claiming 1 yuan ($0.16) as economic losses and 40 yuan as legal expenses.

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