Beijing Shidai Yingyin International Entertainment Co., Ltd has filed a lawsuit against Shanghai Juli Media Technology Co., Ltd, the owner of Internet video platform provider PPlive which allegedly violated its copyright, at the Shanghai Pudong Court and claims RMB330,000 in compensation. Read More >

Embattled Chinese technology company UTStarcom (UTSI) says it has reached a final settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States regarding an investigation of the company's financial disclosures during prior reporting periods, and the CEO has managed to get away with hardly any punishment. Read More >

Right before the World Intellectual Property Rights Day on April 26, 2008, the Shenzhen Procuratorial Department published details of a software piracy case jointly uncovered by police from China and the United States. Read More >

An Internet copyright work commission has been formally unveiled in Shanghai. Read More >

The State Administration of Radio Film and Television of China has issued a circular which asks that the management on the testing of Digital Audio Broadcasting be strengthened. Read More >

News from the Legal Affairs Office of the State Council is that China has put the drafting of Data Safety Rule, a law that intends to protect the safety of personal information, on its legislative plan of this year. Read More >

Because of distribution of unauthorized television programs, eight netcafes and TV program providers in Shanghai have been sentenced to pay a total of RMB65000 in fines. Read More >

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority says telemarketers that deliver pre-recorded telemarketing telephone messages using a "missed call" tactic can be subject to the regulations under the new Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance which started on December 22, 2007. Read More >

After days of silence, General Electric, which has been accused by Policy Matters Ohio of violating China's labor laws, has issued a statement denying all the claims raised by PMO. Read More >

China has formally initiated the standardization of its computer games industry with over a dozen of standards related to the games industry released on the website of China National Information Technology Standardization Technical Committee. Read More >

Seven Chinese ministries, including the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Commerce, have jointly issued a circular on strengthening the online transaction of goods banned by the government. Read More >

China's State Administration of Radio Film and Television will formally publish the winners of the new online video service licenses in April. Read More >

The Chinese IT Service Alliance has been initiated by the Consumer Electronics After-sales Service Commission of the China Electronic Chamber of Commerce with Red Express Service, a subsidiary of Hisap High Technology Corporation, as one of the key members. The purpose is to provide industry self-regulation of China's domestic IT service market. Read More >

Xie Linhai, a deputy director from China's Ministry of Commerce, has disclosed at the Third Medium and Small Enterprise E-commerce Application and Development Conference that the ministry will issue the Online Business Data Protection Rule in June this year, and the new rule will be the first of its kind regarding online transactions in China. Read More >

5fad.com has issued a press statement about its ongoing legal dealings with Chinese Internet search engine Baidu.com (BIDU). Read More >