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Prepackaged food not equivalent to food with a package Prepackaged food not equivalent to food with a package Lin bought some sea cucumber from an online store. Claiming that the packaging of the product failed to meet national safety standards, and assuming the food was prepackaged food, Lin filed a complaint about the store with the local market supervision bureau at district level, which upon examination concluded that the sea cucumber sold by the store was bulk food, 2024-01-23 More
Online shopping: Non-delivery and refund not equivalent to termination of contract Online shopping: Non-delivery and refund not equivalent to termination of contract On Jan 27, 2020, the plaintiff surnamed Yang bought a pair of Kobe Bryant (the late NBA player) co-branded gym shoes from a Taobao (an online shopping website) store owned by the defendant surnamed Li. 2024-01-02 More
BIC judgment rejects claims from online gamer suing game companies BIC judgment rejects claims from online gamer suing game companies A plaintiff surnamed Ma was an online game veteran. In April 2021, company X, the domestic agent of the game he had been playing, banned his game account permanently with no compensation on the grounds of his having used an illegal script. 2023-12-20 More
BIC case included in 2021 top 10 IPR cases heard by Beijing courts BIC case included in 2021 top 10 IPR cases heard by Beijing courts The top 10 intellectual property right (IPR) cases trialed by courts in Beijing in 2021 were recently released. A photograph copyright infringement case trialed by the Beijing Internet Court (BIC) was included in the list. 2023-12-05 More
Comics platform liable for providing content inappropriate for minors Comics platform liable for providing content inappropriate for minors In December 2020, the parents of Xiao Xue, a middle school student, found out to their surprise that she had deposited money to an online comic reading platform from May 25, 2019 to Dec 22, 2020 to a total of 1,466 yuan ($219). 2023-11-24 More
Use of publicly available images of actors for artistic appreciation does not constitute infringement of right to likeness Use of publicly available images of actors for artistic appreciation does not constitute infringement of right to likeness The Beijing Internet Court (BIC) recently concluded a network tort liability case where a company (the defendant) used published stills of an actor (the plaintiff) on its WeChat account for appreciation and commentary purposes. Ruling that the usage was appropriate and did not infringe upon the plaintiff's right to likeness, the BIC rejected all the claims by the plaintiff. The verdict is now in effect. 2023-11-17 More