{"id":14042,"date":"2024-05-10T06:30:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T06:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focus.cbbc.org\/?p=14042"},"modified":"2024-05-09T08:51:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T08:51:30","slug":"lego-wins-major-copyright-infringement-case-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focus.cbbc.org\/lego-wins-major-copyright-infringement-case-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Lego wins major copyright infringement case in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest IP win for a major brand in China shows China\u2019s commitment to cracking down on counterfeiting and copyright infringement<\/h1>\n

In April 2024, a Shanghai court handed a RMB 600 million (\u00a366.5 million) fine to a company for criminal copyright infringement of Lego products and sentenced two key members of the business, brothers Chen XX and Chen YY, to eight and nine years in prison, respectively.<\/p>\n

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According to China IP Law Update<\/a>, which translated a notice from Shanghai No. 3 Intermediate People\u2019s Court, between 2016 and 2022, the company set up design, engineering, and production departments to exactly replicate the Lego bricks and packaging, having purchased authentic Lego products as a reference.<\/p>\n

This case is the latest in a series of brushes with copyright infringement in China for Lego. The brand won its first copyright case<\/a> in 2017, and in 2020<\/a>, the people behind Lego clone Lepin were handed fines and jail terms.<\/p>\n