Copyright

Supreme People’s Court Intellectual Property Court: resistance to court’s evidence preservation should bear the legal consequences

On November 19, the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court made a public judgment on a dispute over infringement of computer software copyright. When determining the amount of infringement compensation, the serious circumstances of the infringer’s resistance to court evidence pres

Supreme People's Court issued the "Opinions on Strengthening the Protection of Copyright and Copyright-related Rights"

On November 16, 2020, the Supreme People's Court issued the "Opinions on Strengthening the Protection of Copyright and Copyright-related Rights". The promulgation of the "Opinions" aims to clarify the rules for the application of the law, advocate honest litigation, and curb

Copying and selling studying and postgraduate examination materials, four people suspected of copyright infringement was arrested

Recently, Guangzhou Conghua police investigated a case of online sales of pirated books, arrested four suspects, destroyed a suspected illegal printing den and two book warehouses, and seized suspected illegal publications, professional printing and binding equipment, computers, paper

Report on the Development of China's Online Copyright Industries (2019) Released by Online Copyright Industry Research Base of NCAC

On September 16, 2020, 2020 National Conference on Copyright Protection and Development in Digital Environment, hosted by the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC), took place in Beijing. At the conference, Report on the Development of China’s Online Copyright Industries (2019) was relea

Revision of the Copyright Law has been passed

The 23rd meeting of the 13th NPC Standing Committee end on November 11th in Beijing. The meeting passed a vote on the revision of the Copyright Law and the Veterans Protection Law. President Xi Jinping signed Presidential Decree Nos. 62 and 63 respectively to be announced. Chairman Li