Experts say that China's film and TV production industry should improve its self-regulation to better protect copyrights. The ongoing dispute between Taiwan romance novelist Chiung Yao and mainland scriptwriter Yu Zheng, in which Chiung accused Yu of copy

To end a monopoly investigation against it in China, US wireless technology giant InterDigital Communications has pledged to license use of its patents in fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms, local media reports. IDC also pledged to withdraw in

After a half-month copyright dispute among business siblings, Yilin Press announced last Thursday that it will publish a collection of works by Alice Munro, this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in literature. The Canadian writer became a publisher's drea

Renowned writer and translator Yang Jiang was angered upon learning that letters and manuscripts by her and her family members were about to be auctioned this month. Also being auctioned are documents by the 102-year-old Yang's deceased husband Qian Zhong

The controversy over the copyright to a popular song recently hit the headlines in the local media and drawn attention to the rights of songwriters. On the celebrity reality show I Am A Singer broadcast by Hunan Satellite TV in January, the singer duo Che

Beijing police have arrested 11 suspects allegedly involved in a major online provider of high-definition film downloads, whose scale of piracy was described by authorities as unprecedented. Illegally run under a Beijing-based technology company allegedly

On April 17, a lawsuit launched by Chinanews against Hithink Flush Information Network Co., Ltd. entered procedures at second instance at Peoples Court in Binjiang district in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province. Their dispute commenced in November 2012. Hit

Three recently published science fiction novels by Chinese writer Zheng Jun have stirred up controversy with their claim to be a sequel to Star Wars on the book covers. The works do not have authorization from Lucasfilm, the copyright holder of the legend

A man has been sentenced to six months in jail and fined 2,000 yuan ($320) after being convicted of illegally publishing copies of the works of Mo Yan, winner of last year's Nobel Prize in literature. The National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal P

Qiaodan Sports Co Ltd, which was sued by the former US basketball player Michael Jordan for unauthorized use of his name in 2012, has filed a countersuit against the star, claiming his lawsuit misled customers and the public. Jordan's suit stopped the com