The Beijing Internet Court ruled on China’s first case concerning the infringement of personality rights through AI-generated voices earlier this year. The court established that the protection of a natural person’s voice rights extends to AI-generated voices if identifiable.
On April 22, the Shanghai No. 3 Intermediate People’s Court upheld a lower court’s ruling in a case of criminal copyright infringement involving Lego sets. The court imposed a fine of 600 million RMB on the defendant company Long XX.
China has issued the world's first legally binding verdict concerning copyright infringement of AI-generated images, according to news released on Monday. The Guangzhou Internet Court ruled on Feb 8 that an AI company was guilty of infringing on copyright.
The total number of copyright registrations nationwide reached 8,923,901 in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 40.46%, according to news released by the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC).
The Beijing High People’s Court upheld a lower court’s ruling demanding Baidu to pay 64.5 million Yuan to NavInfo for copyright infringement and unfair competition, as announced by NavInfo on January 9.
