Copyright
Lifang & Partners provides professional and high-quality services for industries where copyright is essential assets, such as in IT, software, database, culture, journalism, publication, motion picture, television, entertainment, music, video, fine arts and artwork. With our solid professional knowledge and practical experience, our firm has been playing an active role in the protection and enforcement of copyright.
Our copyright service team is experienced in providing inventive legal service in handling copyright registration, including computer software registration, homemade software registration and software products registration, as well as complicated copyright disputes, including the disputes over computer software infringement, database copyright infringement, author and publication of literary works, musical works, film and television programs, fine arts and architectural works. Our team is equipped with senior copyright attorneys with plentiful practical experiences, who are familiar with the features of various types of copyrights and capable of providing best advice to protect our clients' copyrights.
Notable cases
The Microsoft copyright infringement campaign (Ongoing since 2010)
Microsoft and Autodesk v. JSTI Group - Software copyright infringement dispute
American Superconductor v. Sinovel - Software copyright infringement case and infringement of technical secrets unfair competition disputes
Panorama v. Linkedin - Photo copyright infringement case
Guangzhou Sealy and Guilin Ligang Network v. Chukong Technologies - Game software copyright infringement and unfair competition dispute over infringement of the unique name of well-known goods
Dassault v. Baic Yinxiang Automobile - Software copyright infringement
Adobe v. Ourpalm - Software copyright infringement
Adobe and Autodesk v. NetEase - Software copyright infringement
Trimble v. An Anhui-based Listed Steel Structure Company - Software copyright infringement
Foundry v. Henan York Animation Film Co Ltd. - Software copyright infringement
Tencent v. Douyin - Short video copyright infringement cases
Beijing Lenovo Tiaopin Science and Technology Co Ltd. v. A well-known digital publishing company
Yamaha (Japan) v. Medeli (Shenzhen) Electronics Co Ltd. copyright infringement regarding music accompanied by electronic piano
Beijing Alibaba Information Technology Co Ltd. v. Yahoo et al. - MP3 music copyright disputes
Listen Inc v. RSTECH regarding copyright infringement
Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP) v. A Wang-surnamed Man and a Publishing House - High school textbook copyright infringement
Providing special legal services for IP and data compliance in Case Collection cooperated by the Hong Kong Jockey Club and Shenzhen International Institute of Public Welfare
Represented Bentley Systems in an Administrative Complaint against Zhongkejixin (Qinhuangdao) Company for Infringement of Computer Software Copyrights
Julia Banner Alexander v. an online study platform and a training school - Copyright infringement dispute of New Concept English
A domestic listed technology company v. LIU - Infringement of computer software copyright and technical secrets
A Beijing Movie & TV Culture Co Ltd v. Yu Jiangying - Music copyright dispute
Taiwan Dingsheng Business Machines Corporation v. A Taiwan-based System Company - Computer financial software infringement case
Ye Mingming v. Xinjiang Yili Industry Stock Ltd. - Painting copyright disputes
Qiao v. The National Energy Administration Power Business Qualification Management Center – Copyright infringement dispute
Imagemore v. China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine - Infringement of the right of communication through information network