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2025 USTR Special 301 Report Suggests Business As Usual For US IP Issues Amid Tariff Wars
The USTR’s Annual Special 301 report on IP in US trade partners has just been released. A huge question was what would be the impact of...

Nick Redfearn
May 53 min read
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China's Intensified Crackdown on Movie Piracy Yields Significant Results
China's recent crackdown on movie piracy has led to the removal of 2.3 million infringing links, the detention of over 40 suspects, and...
Oliver Walsh
Mar 72 min read
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Cloud Storage Provider Baidu Netdisk Liable For Copyright Infringement For Not Blocking Infringing Files
Cloud storage providers are often used by pirates to share content in the digital age, whether it’s games, music, or film—and whether...
jgodefroy1
Jun 19, 20243 min read
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Alibaba Subsidiary Ejoy Ordered To Pay $7.2 million For Infringing NetEase’s Game Copyright
“Shuai Tu Zhi Bin” or "Invincible" is a game published in 2015 by NetEase. As many other war strategy games, players occupy the land on...
jgodefroy1
May 10, 20242 min read
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AI Generated Content platform found to infringe Ultraman copyright by Internet Court in first judgment of its kind
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) is a technology that accelerates the content creation process by allowing humans to...
jgodefroy1
Mar 7, 20242 min read
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Co-ordination between public authorities strengthened in China - Public security agencies handled 1,300 criminal cases related to pirated teaching materials, films and software in 2023.
In the crackdown on copyright crimes, national public security agencies organized the investigation and handling of over 1,300 criminal...
jgodefroy1
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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Cinemas and video-on-demand platforms targeted in anti-piracy campaign
The National Copyright Administration on 7 February 2024 announced that it will collaborate with relevant departments including the...
jgodefroy1
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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China’s copyright supervision in new digital industries (AI, livestreaming, e-com and video games) being tightened
As part of its plan to accelerate the building of a powerful IP economy, China is aiming to strengthen copyright protection in cyberspace...
jgodefroy1
Feb 8, 20242 min read
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Beijing's 2023 Annual Report on Administrative Enforcement for copyright infringement published - over US$ 3m in fines revealed.
Encouraging statistics were recently released showing that fines issued in response to administrative copyright complaints in Beijing...
jgodefroy1
Jan 31, 20242 min read
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China's Supreme Court calls for stronger film copyright protection
Since China has published and enforced its Copyright Law, pirated films continue to appear widely on the internet inside the Great...
jgodefroy1
Jan 31, 20242 min read
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Country Focus: China
A huge creative industries market China is one of the largest content markets in the world. It is also unique in that there are...
Oliver Walsh
Jan 23, 20243 min read
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