Copyright

Ultraman’s Japanese owner wins $390,000 copyright lawsuit against 5 Chinese companies

China’s Shanghai Intellectual Property Court affirmed a win on December 31, 2021 for Japanese special effects studio Tsuburaya Productions against five Chinese companies, finding that the movie Dragon Force: So Long, Ultraman (《钢铁飞龙之再见奥特曼》) developed, produced, marketed, and dist

NCAC releases work plan under 14th Five-Year Plan

​China’s National Copyright Administration (NCAC) on December 29 released the its work plan under the 14th -Year Plan (2021-2025). The work plan reviews the development of the country’s copyright enforcement under the 13th 5-Year Plan and identifies 26 major tasks in 6 key field

South Korean cult videogame creator loses lawsuit against its exclusive Chinese licensee

China’s Supreme People’s Court on December 24 upheld the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court’s ruling that the renewed software license agreement on the cult videogame title the Legend of Mir 2 signed between China’s Zhejiang Century Huatong Group Co., Ltd.’s two subsidiary comp

CNSA's new rule to deal heavy blow to China's short-form video market

​The China Netcasting Services Association (CNSA) on December 15 published the 2021 amendment of the the Censoring Criteria for Online Short-Form Video (《网络短视频内容审核标准细则》).

Mituo wins copyright lawsuit requiring attribution for free software

China’s Supreme People’s Court on November 15 ruled on a computer software dispute that the Henan Construction Association stop the copyright infringement,