The Evolving China's Judicial Practice In Anti-Unfair Competition: Eight Typical Cases

Recently, the Supreme People's Court released eight typical cases concerning anti-unfair competition. The selected cases cover various types of unfair competition such as confusion, commercial defamation, and trade secret infringement in emerging sectors like live streaming platforms, game services, e-commerce platforms, and AI. These cases reflect the proactive stance of Chinese judiciary in keeping pace with the times, safeguarding fair competition, and optimizing the business environment.

Below we provide a summary of these typical cases.

Illegal Virtual Currency Transactions on Third-Party Platform

In this case, the defendant operated a third-party platform providing virtual currency trading services for game users, with some transactions involving game currency from illegal sources, such as plug-ins or account theft. The court found that the platform knowingly or should have known about the illegal origins of the traded items but continued to provide