The defendant, Mr. Lin, without the permission of the rights holder “Shanda Games,” unlawfully developed a cheat program for the game “Aion” and shared the program on Baidu Netdisk. He later sold access codes for running the cheat program on Taobao for illegal profit, accumulating over 10,000 RMB in gains.
Our team conducted an investigation and filed a criminal report regarding Mr. Lin’s actions in accordance with the law. The court ultimately convicted him of the crime of “providing programs or tools for intruding into and illegally controlling computer information systems” (Article 285 of the Criminal Law), sentencing him to three years’ imprisonment and imposing a fine of 10,000 RMB; both the criminal tools and the illegal proceeds were confiscated and remitted to the state treasury. This case is the nation’s first conviction under the charge of “providing programs or tools for intruding into and illegally controlling computer information systems” in connection with game cheat programs.

Our team represented Yuewen Group in a lawsuit against an internet company that had unauthorizedly used the name “Ghost Blowing Out the Light” in its online drama and comic works.
Our team innovatively argued that a trademark rejection notice could not serve as the basis for determining that a well-known product’s unique name belonged to the defendant. This argument was ultimately adopted by the court. After two rounds of litigation, we successfully persuaded the Jiangsu High Court to overcome the Trademark Office’s prior determination that the term “Ghost Blowing Out the Light” possessed feudal superstitious connotations, and the court ruled, using market operation standards, that the unique name belonged to Yuewen Group, recovering nearly 2 million RMB in economic losses for our client. This case was selected as one of the Top Ten Typical Intellectual Property Judicial Protection Cases by the Jiangsu courts in 2019. One commentator noted, “This case has profound significance in promoting the development of legitimate commercial models for online original literature and in balancing the interests of authors, platforms, and other related parties.”

Our team represented a company in Chengdu in a case where a company in Suzhou was sued for copyright infringement for unauthorizedly using identical game structures, gameplay rules, and other elements from the mobile game “Huaqiangu.” The case lasted four years and went through two rounds of litigation with eight court hearings.
To prove the facts of the case, our team set up four game servers and one SVN server, provided more than ten notarized certificates, and took the lead in preparing expert appraisal reports and expert opinions. This case, which delved into cutting-edge issues such as whether game structures, interfaces, gameplay, and numerical data are subject to copyright protection, has far-reaching implications for the mobile gaming industry. It was selected as one of the Top Ten Intellectual Property Cases by Chinese courts in 2019, as well as one of the Top Ten Typical Intellectual Property Judicial Protection Cases by the Jiangsu courts in 2019, and has been hailed as one of “China’s Most Research-Valuable Intellectual Property Cases.”

The game content developed by Jiqian Company bore excessive similarity to the original novel “Douluo Continent.” Xuanting Company, which holds the game adaptation rights to the “Douluo Continent” novel, claimed that Jiqian Company had infringed its adaptation rights and commissioned our team to file a lawsuit. This case involved a large-scale game with significant volume, which increased the evidentiary challenges and enforcement costs for the rights holder.
This case was selected as one of the Top Ten Intellectual Property Cases by Chinese courts in 2020. “This case involves the issue of determining infringement of adaptation rights of literary works by mobile games. For the first time, the method of decompiling a game software resource library to extract content and compare it with the literary work was used to determine the proportion of originality utilized in the infringing game, thereby improving judicial efficiency and broadening the scope of judicial reasoning. This serves as a vivid example of how to maintain the healthy development of the cultural and creative industry and properly address new issues in internet copyright protection.” – The Supreme People’s Court

Defendants Mr. Yang and Mr. Song utilized automated scraping tools to set up multiple piracy websites and uploaded mass-collected well-known online novels. The case involved over 400,000 infringing novels, with total page views exceeding 2.1 billion and an amount at stake of over 1.77 million RMB.
Leveraging our technical strengths, our team developed comparison programs for book lists and pirated works, and represented Yuewen Group in assisting relevant authorities with the case. The case received high attention from relevant authorities, and was jointly supervised by the National Copyright Administration, the National “Crackdown on Pornography and Illegal Publications” Office, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate. It was selected as one of the Top Ten Legal Supervision Cases of 2020 by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and one of the Top Ten Cases in the Fight Against Infringement and Piracy in Jiangsu Province in 2020.

Defendants Mr. Wang and Mr. Zheng were former employees of Shanghai Shiguang Technology Co., Ltd., and had participated in the development of the game “Cannon Fishing.” After leaving the company, they used the source code of “Cannon Fishing” to develop the game “Everyday Arcade Fishing,” which generated revenue exceeding 40 million RMB.
Upon being commissioned by Shanghai Shiguang Technology Co., Ltd., our team utilized code comparison and decompilation techniques to initially prove that “Everyday Arcade Fishing” had copied the source code of “Cannon Fishing.” Based on this evidence, we reported the matter to the public security authorities. Ultimately, the court found that the two defendants had committed copyright infringement. This case was selected as one of the Top Ten Cases in the Fight Against Infringement and Piracy in Jiangsu Province in 2020.

The Haidian District People’s Procuratorate in Beijing charged that Dingyue Group, established jointly by Mr. Tan, Mr. Ke, and Mr. Liu, had, without the rights holder’s permission, provided online reading and download services for web novels through its “Hongyan Chuan Shu” and other apps, and profited through advertisements and paid services, thereby constituting copyright infringement.
After being commissioned by defendants Mr. Tan and Mr. Ke, our team immediately organized personnel to analyze key electronic evidence in the case. Drawing on our extensive litigation experience and technical strengths, we issued a detailed legal opinion on the unlawfulness of the electronic data extraction process, requesting the court to exclude the illegal evidence. This resulted in the court cautiously assessing the evidence, thereby maximizing the protection of our client’s interests. This case was selected as one of the Top Ten Cases in the Nationwide Fight Against Infringement and Piracy in 2020, and as one of the Top Ten Intellectual Property Cases by the Beijing courts in 2020.

Entrusted by ByteDance, our team represented a series of cases involving Douyin and Meishe Technology, concerning the infringement of computer software copyrights and trade secrets. These cases involved detailed comparisons of computer software code and assessments of trade secret infringement, characterized by strong technical complexity and frequent challenging issues.
Leveraging our dual background in technology and law, our team overcame numerous technical difficulties to the praise of our client. As the highest-stake software infringement case in domestic litigation to date, the handling and judgment of this case carry significant exemplary significance and are of great importance to internet enterprises.

The antitrust lawsuit initiated by Hunan Yifang against Sina Weibo is the first in China to arise from a monopoly dispute triggered by a platform’s refusal to grant data licenses.
Our team, combining cutting-edge theoretical research from both domestic and international sources, creatively proposed an argument regarding market definition and dominance that differed from existing domestic cases, providing valuable insights for handling similar cases. As data value becomes increasingly prominent, the resolution of this case will have significant implications not only for the parties involved but also for the entire internet industry.
Meanwhile, in the unfair competition dispute filed by Sina Weibo against Hunan Yifang, our team conducted a detailed analysis of the methods by which Yifang acquired data using our technical strengths, which became a key basis for the party’s application for a retrial.

Guqiao Company provided data-stealing software capable of one-click bulk downloading images, videos, and text from platforms such as Xiaohongshu, with the ability to modify file MD5 values, which greatly facilitated illegal activities such as e-commerce image theft, video reposting, and pseudo-original content creation.
Our team, commissioned by Xiaohongshu, conducted in-depth research into the characteristics and current state of the short video and e-commerce industries, and from both legal and industry perspectives, thoroughly demonstrated the harmfulness of Guqiao Company’s conduct. This case is of significant importance for cracking down on such illegal activities, curbing industry disorder, and protecting the rights and interests of both platforms and users. It was selected as one of the 50 Typical Intellectual Property Cases by Chinese courts in 2023 and was published as the eighth batch of Referable Cases by the Fujian Higher People’s Court.