10 Typical Cases of IPR Protection —— Case Example 2

Expert Jurors from Hong Kong participating in the Trial of IPR Cases
To Promote Inter-regional and International Credibility with Professional Trials
——The Double Case of Company A v. Company B, C, and D over Copyright Disputes

[Case Summary]
The Plaintiff, Company A, obtained the copyright of the cartoon image of "Back Kom” via Transfer from Korea. The plaintiff found that the defendant Companies B and C used the cartoon image of the plaintiff's art work "Back Kom" in their key chains and children's clothing products sold in the online platform operated by the defendant Company D, infringing the plaintiff's copyright, therefore sued to the court and requested the ruling of the defendants Company B and Company C to stop sales immediately, destroy inventory, and compensate the plaintiff for economic losses. The defendant Company D deleted relevant infringing links and provided information such as sales data of the goods involved.
[Ruling Results]
Shenzhen Qianhai Cooperation Zone People's Court Opened Consecutive Court Sessions for the Trials of the Two Cases. Sun Yun, an expert juror from Hong Kong (specializing in intellectual property), and Su Yongle (Vice President of China Animation Society, Director of Asia-Pacific Animation Association), participated separately in the trial of the cases as members of the collegial panel. After the trial, the two Hong Kong expert jurors used their professional advantages to assist the judges in the mediation, and finally successfully settled the two cases out of court.
[Significance]
These two are typical foreign-related IPR protection cases participated by expert jurors from Hong Kong during trial. In the context of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, jurors participating in IPR cases in Hong Kong are innovative measures to further increase the participation of Hong Kong and Macao compatriots in the judicial protection of IPR in the Mainland, so as to promote inter-regional and international credibility of judicial protection for IPR. At the same time, professionals from Hong Kong and Macao have become practitioners and witnesses of the strict protection of IPR in the Mainland, which has strengthened the openness and transparency of justice in the Mainland to Hong Kong and Macao people, promoting further judicial exchanges and cooperation between the Mainland and Hong Kong and Macau, so as to facilitate the integrated development of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau.