On December 7, 2022, the People’s Court of Pudong New Area, Shanghai Municipality (Shanghai Pudong Court) received an application for behavior preservation (preliminary injunction) from CCTV International Network Co., Ltd., the authorized broadcaster of the Qatar World Cup. The Court ruled within 24 hours after receiving the application and ordered Shenyang Panqiu Technology Co., Ltd. to immediately stop streaming the 2022 Qatar World Cup on the Panqiu Bar website it operated, and Shanghai Yuebao Information Technology Co., Ltd. to immediately …
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NetEase Wins 50 Million RMB & Injunction on Appeal in Minecraft Infringement Litigation at the Guangdong Higher People’s Court
On November 30, 2022, the Guangdong Higher People’s Court announced that NetEase was awarded 50 million RMB (over $7 million USD) and an injunction in an unfair competition case against Shenzhen Mini Play Company (深圳迷你玩公司) involving Minecraft and Mini Play’s similar sandbox game Mini World (迷你世界). NetEase has the exclusive right to operate Minecraft in China since 2016. This is believed to be the highest damages award in China for game infringement.
China’s Supreme People’s Court Releases Typical Anti-Unfair Competition Cases of People’s Courts – 2022
On November 17, 2022 the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) of China held a press conference announcing the release of Typical Anti-Unfair Competition Cases of People’s Courts (人民法院反不正当竞争典型案例). Per the SPC, one of the main goal of the release is “strengthen the judicial protection of trade secrets and unify the standards of legal application” as two of the cases involved trade secret misappropriation – one in the pharma space and one in the semiconductor space.
China’s Supreme People’s Court Releases List of Typical Antitrust (Anti-Monopoly) Cases of People’s Courts
On November 17, 2022 the Supreme People’s Court of China (no link provided as China is currently geoblocking the SPC website) held a press conference to announce the release of of people’s courts’ anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition typical cases. The release is to “strengthen anti-monopoly and anti-unfair competition judging.” Of the antitrust (anti-monopoly) cases, two are directly related to intellectual property and are summarized here including one an AstraZeneca reverse payment case. The anti-unfair competition cases will be summarized in a separate article.