The total number of copyright registrations nationwide reached 8,923,901 in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 40.46%, according to news released by the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC).
The Beijing High People’s Court upheld a lower court’s ruling demanding Baidu to pay 64.5 million Yuan to NavInfo for copyright infringement and unfair competition, as announced by NavInfo on January 9.
China’s Beijing Internet Court has made a first-instance judgment on the first copyright case in the field related to AI-generated images. The Court found that the defendant’s conduct constituted infringement and must make a public apology and pay 500 yuan in compensation.
On September 22, the fifth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 16th Beijing Municipal People's Congress voted to appoint Zhang Wen as the president of the Beijing Financial Court. Zhang Wen, born in August 1968 in Urumqi, Xinjiang, was graduated from Peking University.
China Intellectual Property Administration(CNIPA) said on Thursday it had stepped up examination efforts to better protect patents in the fields of big data, artificial intelligence (AI), genetic technology. It has revised examination standards for these cutting-edge industries.
