April 6, 2021

In order to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of the parties concerned, the Executive Board of Jingdezhen Intermediate People's Court successfully executed 7 cases involving KTV infringement of copyright of audio-visual works in early April 2021, with a total amount of 61,000 yuan.

The 7 cases involving KTV infringement of audio and video copyright dispute cases for a series of cases. After the Municipal People's Court of Jiangxi accepted the case, it contacted the KTV involved in the case at the first time, understood the situation in detail, explained the law to them and informed them of the legal consequences of intellectual property infringement. Under the unremitting efforts of the executive judge, the person subjected to execution took the initiative to stop showing and delete 104 music TV works in the KTV involved in the case within just two weeks, and actively fulfilled the property obligations. Later, the KTV involved in the case took the initiative to submit to the court that due to the impact of the COVID-19, its business activities were affected by many factors, and it would be difficult to pay the following copyright fees. In order to avoid the recurrence of similar disputes and truly realize the case, the Executive Board of the Municipal People's Court has been running around in many ways, and organized and held work coordination meetings to put forward suggestions to solve the problems, so as to help realize the healthy development of the industry. In the end, under the efforts of the executive judge of the city's middle court, the two sides reached a consensus.

Jiangxi Intermediate People's Court's efficient implementation has been highly recognized by the China Audiovisual Copyright Collective Management Association, and recently sent the banner with the words "Fairness, Fairness, Practicality and Effectivity" to the judges of the Executive Board of the Municipal People's Court to thank the Municipal People's Court for its efforts and contributions to intellectual property protection.

Source: Jingdezhen Intermediate People's Court, Jiangxi Province