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ARTICLE · 13 OCTOBER 2015

Asia IP & TMT: Quarterly Review - 2015 Q3

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A sculpture in Karamy, Xinjiang, China has recently caught much media attention because of its striking similarities with the famous bean-shaped sculpture in Chicago, "Cloud Gate".

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China's Cloud Gate and Copyright Protection

By Rosita Li, Partner, Mayer Brown JSM, Hong Kong
Maggie Lee, Legal Assistant, Mayer Brown JSM, Hong Kong

A sculpture in Karamy, Xinjiang, China has recently caught much media attention because of its striking similarities with the famous bean-shaped sculpture in Chicago, "Cloud Gate".

Cloud Gate has been a landmark of the Chicago landscape since it was installed outside the Art Institute of Chicago and Millennium Park in 2006. With a polished silvery exterior, Cloud Gate is famous for its reflection of Chicago's skyline. A unique structure, Cloud Gate has an arc underneath large enough for visitors to walk through. In "contrast", the sculpture in China is supposed to mimic an oil bubble and is a reference to an oil well in Karamy. The Chinese installation also has a mirror-like surface and passages that

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