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Copyright Infringement and Enforcement

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Copyright infringement indicates the activity of using other person’s work or exercising the exclusive rights of copyright owner without copyright owner’s permission and in lack of legal basis.

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  1. 1.

    See Civil Judgment of Guangdong High People’s Court (2010) Yue Gao Fa Min San Zhong Zi No.63 (广东省高级人民法院民事判决书<2010>粤高法民三终字第63号).

  2. 2.

    See Civil Judgment of Guangdong Province Guangzhou Intermediate people’s Court (2005) Sui Zhong Fa Min San (Zhi) Chu Zi No. 576 (广东省广州市中级人民法院民事判决书<2005>穗中法民三<知>初字第576号).

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    “Ultraman” Copyright Case (Chinese version) [EB/OL]. http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_c0f04a970101g70h.html

  4. 4.

    See Civil Judgment of Beijing Intellectual Property Court (2015) Jing (Zhi) Min Zhong Zi No. 925 (北京知识产权法院民事判决书<2015>京 <知>民终字第925号).

  5. 5.

    See Civil Judgment of Beijing Daxing District People’s Court (16) Da Min Chu No. 11485 (北京市大兴区人民法院民事判决书<2013>大民初字第11485号).

  6. 6.

    See Ten typical intellectual property cases in Beijing during 2015 [EB/OL]. http://www.ciplawyer.com/article.asp?articleid=2824, 2016–4–14

  7. 7.

    See Civil Judgment of Heilongjiang Province High People’s Court (2015) Hei (Zhi) Zhong No.2(黑龙江省高级人民法院民事判决书<2015>黑<知>终字第2号).

  8. 8.

    See Civil Judgment of Harbin City Intermediate People’s Court (2013) Ha (Zhi) Chu No. 104 (哈尔滨市中级人民法院民事判决书<2013>哈<知>初字第104号).

  9. 9.

    See China 2015 Chart Display of IP Courts’ Typical Cases-Copyright Sheet (Chinese version) [EB/OL]. Chinese Intellectual Property Rights, No. 111, http://www.ciplawyer.cn/article.asp?articleid=19290, 2016–7–13

  10. 10.

    See Civil Judgment of Hunan Province Changsha City Intermediate People’s Court (2015) Chang Zhong Min Wu Chu Zi No.00105 (湖南省长沙市中级人民法院<2015>长中民五初字第00105号).

  11. 11.

    See supra note 9.

  12. 12.

    See Civil Judgment of Beijing Intellectual Property Court (2015) Jing (Zhi) Min Zhong Zi No. 560 (北京知识产权法院<2015>京<知>民终字第560号).

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    Hunan Happy Sunshine Interactive Entertainment Media Co.v. Tong Fang Inc. infringing the right of information network dissemination case (Chinese version) [EB/OL]. http://www.jcipo.gov.cn/zsjz/detail.php?n_no=50458, 2016–04–22. See also China 2015 Chart Display of IP Courts’ Typical Cases-Copyright Sheet (Chinese version) [EB/OL]. Chinese Intellectual Property Rights, No. 111, http://www.ciplawyer.cn/article.asp?articleid=19290, 2016–7–13.

  14. 14.

    See Criminal Ruling of Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court (2014) Yi Zhong Xing Zhong Zi No. 2516 (北京市第一中级人民法院刑事裁定书<2014>一中刑终字第2516号).

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    Model Cases concerning Protection of Intellectual Property Rights by Procuratorial Authorities in 2014 Issued by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate [EB/OL]. http://lawinfochina.com/display.aspx?id=19632&lib=law&EncodingName=big5

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    Gao, Fuping, Application of Injunction in Intellectual Property Litigation (Chinese version) [EB/OL]. http://newspaper.jfdaily.com/shfzb/html/2013-08/28/content_1984.htm, 2013–08–28.

  17. 17.

    See Supreme Court Releasing 14 Typical Cases Concluded by Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou Intellectual Property Courts [EB/OL]. http://www.lindaliugroup.com/web/info_news_detail/?lang=en&id=2434

  18. 18.

    See Copyright Protection in China (updated in April 2010) [EB/OL]. http://www.ipr2.org/roadmap

  19. 19.

    See Gao, Fuping, supra note 16.

  20. 20.

    See Civil Ruling of Guangdong High People’s Court (2015) Yue Gao Fa Li Min Zhong Zi No, 525 (广东省高级人民法院民事裁定书<2015>粤高法立民终字第525号).

  21. 21.

    See Civil Ruling of Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court (2015) Yue (Zhi) Fa Zhu Min Chu Zi No, 2 (广州知识产权法院民事裁定书<2015>粤<知>法著民初字第2号).

  22. 22.

    See China 2015 Chart Display of IP Courts’ Typical Cases-Unfair competition and monopoly, trade secret, IC layout design,contract and preliminary injunction Sheet (Chinese version) [EB/OL].

    Chinese Intellectual Property Rights, No. 111, http://www.v4.cc/News-1798372.html

  23. 23.

    See supra note 18.

  24. 24.

    See A comprehensive summary and realistic predication of Copyright Law [EB/OL]. http://www.chinaipr.gov.cn/frontierarticle/frontier/201103/1209773_2.html, March 16, 2011.

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    SIPO of PRC.2015 Intellectual Property Rights Protection in China [R]. http://english.sipo.gov.cn/laws/whitepapers/201607/P020160721403876149335.pdf

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  27. 27.

    (Issued by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (in Decree No. 395) on 2 December 2003; amended according to the State Council’s Decision on the Amendment to the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China Regarding Customs Protection of Intellectual Property Rights issued on 24 March 2010; and entering into force as of 1 April 2010

  28. 28.

    Procedure - The Customs Protection of Intellectual Property Rights [EB/OL]. http://www.dhc-ip.com/en/service.php?id=8

  29. 29.

    Civil Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China, art. 29, promulgated on April 9, 1991. 1st amended in 2007 and 2nd amended in 2012.

  30. 30.

    Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court of Several Issues Relating to Application of Law to Trial of Cases to Civil Disputes over Copyright, Art. 5, adopted on October 15, 2002.

  31. 31.

    See WIGLEY, RICHARD W. Copyright Enforcement and Privacy Protection over the Internet: A Comparison of Laws and Practices in China and the United States [EB/OL]. IP Bulletin - Special Issue, 2008, http://www.kingandwood.com/article.aspx?id=IPBulletin081127-06&language=en

  32. 32.

    Zhou, Ziming. Chengdu Intellectual Property Tribunal was officially established, nay aeeept cross region cases (Chinese version) [N]. http://scnews.newssc.org/system/20170109/000739613.htm, January 9, 2017.

  33. 33.

    Where to bring the lawsuit of IPR cases? To have these knowledges at first (Chinese version) [N]. http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/judicial/content/2017-01/22/content_6989968.htm?node=80533, January 22, 2017.

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    GROUP, REINHOLD COHN. China’s new intellectual property courts [EB/OL]. http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=9c524ea5-4ab3-4eec-87f7-08c5307fc332, March 5 2015

  35. 35.

    SIPO of PRC.2015 Intellectual Property Rights Protection in China [R]. http://english.sipo.gov.cn/laws/whitepapers/201607/P020160721403876149335.pdf

  36. 36.

    See China 2015 Chart Display of IP Courts’ Typical Cases (Chinese version) [EB/OL]. Chinese Intellectual Property Rights, No. 111, https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA5MTQxNjcxOQ==&mid=2679748041&idx=1&sn=4f6b1a1d0dcffab757fd01b07cf4450d, 2016–05–29.

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