The Beijing Internet Court announced on April 20, 2021 that since its establishment in 2018, the annual number of copyright-related cases has been maintained at about 30,000, with the number of cases remaining at a high level and infringement disputes showing a trend of frequent occurrence.

Zhao Ruigang, vice president of the Beijing Internet Court, said at a press conference on the same day that the court had accepted 28,946 copyright cases in 2020 and concluded 27,925, or 96 percent of the total. In terms of the way of settlement, 21,714 cases were settled by mediation or withdrawal, accounting for 78%. Judgments and other means were used to settle 6,211 cases, accounting for 22%, with obvious results in resolving disputes.

From the perspective of the types of works involved, the copyright cases accepted by the Academy mainly involve photographic works, fine arts works, audio-visual works, text works, music works, etc. Among them, the number of cases involving photographic works, text works and audio-visual works ranked the top three, accounting for 52%, 20% and 18% respectively.

In terms of the types of rights involved, 28,604 cases, accounting for 99%, were mainly related to the right to spread information through networks. In addition, some cases also involve the right of authorship, reproduction, broadcasting and other rights.

Source: Chinanews.com