ESSEN Patent & Trademark Office

RealPlayer Prevails in Copyright Assertion


Posted by: ESSEN Patent & Trademark Office
Practice Area: Copyright    Country: China    Publish Date: 19-Apr-2010

Beijing High People's Court entered into its final decision, denying the requests from Beijing Baofeng Company and upholding the first instance decision of the Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court.

In November 2007, RealPlayer found that Baofeng includes components with Real copyright in its own media player without its authorization. Such act constitutes copyright infringement. It then filed an infringement action before Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court. In its decision of first instance in December 2008, the court held Baofeng has infringed Real's software reproduction right, distribution right and issued an injunction and monetary damage of 200,000 yuan. The disgruntled Baofeng Company then appealed to the High Court, which would later make the above decision.

(Source: SIPO 2010-01-06)


Related Newsletters
TitlePractice AreaCountryPosted DateViews
China Moves PatentChina 26-Aug-2009 3159
Harley- Davidson Revs Up IPR Protection TrademarkChina 26-Aug-2009 6588
France's Schneider Pays 157.5 Million Yuan to Chinese Firm as Compromise PatentChina 26-Aug-2009 3401
Court Orders IPR Payout Increase PatentChina 26-Aug-2009 3346
“Shanzhai” Culture Now in Crosshairs TrademarkChina 26-Aug-2009 4189
Panasonic Enforces Trademark in Fujian TrademarkChina 26-Aug-2009 3807
WIPO: China's IPR Protection Progress Encourages World TrademarkChina 26-Aug-2009 5123
Chinese trademark authorities rejected Japanese city name applications TrademarkChina 26-Aug-2009 3922
Google China Drops Beijing Free Rider TrademarkChina 26-Aug-2009 1790
Protecting Your Dream Product from an IP Nightmare PatentChina 07-Sep-2009 2332
12345678910...


Invite Friends/Associates to View this Newsletter
Your Name:
E-mail Address(es)
(one email per line):