Interestingly, the court determined that the videos, user information, and comments constituted combinations of data collection of TikTok, while having commercial values, such combinations were not specified to be protected by the copyright law, but therefore the anti-unfair competition law came into play.Ħ) The case involving an app for bot-type leveling up in Tencent online gamesįirst, some explanation. The data grabbed from TikTok did not only include the video, but also included user information and other users’ comments (I would not be surprised that this was a crude and simple port by replacing TikTok’s logo with the app’s own logo). The interesting point of this case, in my view, is summarization of existing technologies was considered by the court as trade secret that worths protection.ĥ) The case involving an app for grabbing and then distributing data from TikTok This is a typical trade secret case – employee left, went to another company with trade secrets with original employer. Specifically, Siemens was awarded the full amount they asked for, which was 100M RMB (about 13.75 million USD), plus legal expenses 163,000 RMB (about USD22400, I know it is peanuts in the US scale, but already significant in China).Ĥ) The trade secret case involving light initiated chemiluminescence assay system general purpose fluid While there is not much to talk about the merit of the case itself (the word “Siemens” was used by the defendants, and the court admitted that “Siemens” has a relatively high level of fame in China), the eye-catching part is the damages awarded to Siemens. The defendant only argued for jurisdiction in this case, which failed.ģ) The case involving passing-off of the Siemens mark ![]() Not much was argued for this case, as the defendant was determined by the SAMR that the defendant was wrong by refusing to trade with the plaintiff while occupying 100% of the market, and therefore had conducted monopolistic acts.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |