On October 13, 2025, the Shanghai Putuo Primary People’s Court announced a criminal verdict against Xiao XX Yu Company and 5 people for operating e-commerce platform Xiao XX Yu that knowingly sold goods with counterfeit registered trademarks having a sales volume of 10.8 million RMB. The company was fined 3 million RMB and the company management were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 1 year, 11 months to 4 years, 6 months and were also fined.
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3.5-Year Prison Sentence in China for Counterfeiting “DIOR” Service Marks
As reported by Shanghai Legal News and others, the Shanghai No. 3 Intermediate People’s Court upheld a 3.5-year prison sentence and 1.6 million RMB fine for the principal defendant for counterfeiting DIOR service marks. An accomplice was sentenced to one-year suspended sentence and 50,000 RMB fine. From 2020, the defendant Huang XX successively operated Sichuan Fu XX Company and other companies, and hired the defendant Wang XX and others. Without the permission of the registered service mark owner, he carried …
Beijing Internet Court Requires Evidence of Creative Effort to Claim Copyright Protection in AI-Generated Images
On September 16, 2025, the Beijing Internet Court announced a recently upheld decision in which they held that while copyright can exist in AI-generated images, the author must “demonstrate that they have exerted creative effort in their AI-generated creations, reflecting personalized expression…When asserting rights in AI-generated works, authors are obligated to explain their creative thinking, the content of their input commands, and the process of selecting and modifying the generated content, and to submit relevant evidence.”
Early Jurisprudence from Beijing on the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Copyright and Personality Rights
On September 10, 2025, the Beijing Internet Court released eight Typical Cases Involving Artificial Intelligence (涉人工智能典型案例) “to better serve and safeguard the healthy and orderly development of the artificial intelligence industry.” Typical cases in China serve as educational examples, unify legal interpretation, and guide lower courts and the general public. While not legally binding precedents like those in common law systems, these cases provide authoritative guidance in a civil law system where codified statutes are the primary source of law. …