China's Notice to Prevent Minors from Indulging in Online Videogames, effective September 1, 2021, requires Chinese online

The Guangzhou Internet Court has ordered an Alibaba Group unit that developed the hit mobile game "Three Kingdoms Tactics" to pay NetEase Inc 50 million yuan ($7.2 million)...

Mercedes-Benz Group AG filed a federal trademark lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina last Tuesday against Lenovo Inc., ...

W&B's case involving the online game Hearthstone can serve as a useful example in answer to this question.

PATH OF EXILE, an online game developed by the New Zealand-based Grinding Gear Games Limited is popular among Chinese gamers.

On August 30, 2020, the National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA) of the People's Republic of China (China or PRC) issued Guoxin Chufa (2021) 14...

PUBG (which stands for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds) is an immensely popular battle royale game in China and around the world. PUBG esports competitions have been banned...

In December 2023, China's National Press and Publication Administration introduced draft regulations with potentially significant implications for the online gaming industry.

On August 1, 2010, China's Ministry of Culture ("MOC") issued a comprehensive new regulation governing online games entitled the "Provisional Administrative Measures on Online Games" (the "Measures").

Article 5, paragraph 1 of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates that no patent right shall be granted for any invention-creation that is contrary to the laws.

On June 2, 2016, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television promulgated the Notice on the Administration of Publishing Services of Mobile Games...

The third quarter in 2016 has been an extremely busy one for China mobile game industry, not only for the market practitioners such as game developers, publishers and operators...

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China’s two online game regulators - the Ministry of Culture and the General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP) - have been struggling for control of the online game sector. The two regulators separately announced that they were drafting new rules governing the sector, but the Ministry of Culture seems to have beaten GAPP to the punch by releasing the Provisional Regulations for the Administration of Online Games on 3 June 2010 ("Online Game Regulations").

Online gaming and online gambling can overlap significantly, and it is difficult to draw a line between the two. However, in countries such as mainland China where gambling is statutorily banned ...

On 27 September 2013, the State Council promulgated the Overall Plan for the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Pilot Zone.

---Right to Game Name "夺魂之镰" (Reaper of Souls in Chinese) Confirmed Through Judicial Procedures

With the development in the field of digital era, electronic games have become an essential part of the global entertainment industry.

China has effectively blocked gaming consoles since 2000.

Mobile gaming market in China is becoming more and more attractive every year. According to Statista data, revenue in the mobile games segment is forecast to reach $47.13 billion in 2022...