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H&M sues Shein for substantial copyright infringement

Swedish fashion brand H&M has filed a lawsuit against its fast-growing rival Shein in a Hong Kong court for substantial copyright infringement, according to an announcement made by the company on Tuesday. H&M has asked for unspecified damages and an injunction.

Chinese regulators published rules governing generative AI

Chinese regulator Cyberspace Administration of China published on Thursday interim rules governing generative artificial intelligence to ramp up oversight of the rapidly growing technology. The CAC said it worked with several other regulators to come up with the new regulations.

Alibaba hit with 50M yuan for infringing NetEase’s copyright

​ The Guangzhou Internet Court has ordered an Alibaba Group unit that developed the hit mobile game "Three Kingdoms Tactics" to pay NetEase Inc 50 million yuan ($7.2 million) in compensation over copyright infringement, according to a statement from NetEase.

Trial run of online software copyright registration in China starts from June 1

Trial run of online software copyright registration in China will start from June 1, according to a notice released by the Copyright Protection Center of China(CPCC) on May 25. From June 1, applicants don't need to submit or mail the registration application materials to CPCC.

China’s Computer Software Copyright Registrations Increases to 1.835 Million ​

A total of 1.835 million computer software copyrights were registered across China in 2022, above one million for the fifth consecutive year and making the total number of software registrations in the past decade rising to 10 million, according to the CPCC.