Tag Archives: Tort Liability Law

Last Case 2020 First Instance: Qiaodan Sports Company Needs to Cease Using “乔丹” or “De-Michael Jordanize” its Marks

During the penultimate day of 2020, the Shanghai Second Intermediate People’s Court decided the first instance case between the plaintiff basketball legend Michael Jeffrey Jordan and two defendants Qiaodan Sports Co. Ltd. of Jinjiang, Fujian province, and Shanghai Bairen Trading … Continue reading

Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Last Case 2020 First Instance: Qiaodan Sports Company Needs to Cease Using “乔丹” or “De-Michael Jordanize” its Marks

Microsoft Applies Doctrine of Landlord Liability To Software Piracy

Peter Ollier has an interesting article for Managing Copyright about Microsoft’s alleged first landlord liability case to tackle rampant software piracy. Microsoft is suing Beijing Chaoyang Buynow because two of retailers, Beijing Hongguang Century Trading and Beijing Zhuojue Elements Trading … Continue reading

Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Microsoft Applies Doctrine of Landlord Liability To Software Piracy

Tim Smith’s Guest Blog: Taobao Online Infringement Case

星期二 = Tuesday Photo Danny Friedmann Taobao.com, the popular Chinese e-commerce platform, has appealed against a verdict handed down by a Shanghai court in late March that it should pay compensation of RMB 10,000 (around GBP 950) for its failure … Continue reading

Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Tim Smith’s Guest Blog: Taobao Online Infringement Case

” Brick by Brick” Tort Law Supplementary to IPR Law in Case of IPR Infringements

The Tort Liability Law had a … well torturous history. In 1997 the decision was made that China needed a Tort Liability Law. In the words of Professor George Conk of Fordham University School of Law “it is a brick … Continue reading

Tagged , | Comments Off on ” Brick by Brick” Tort Law Supplementary to IPR Law in Case of IPR Infringements