A Cantonese company being a pioneer in Karaoke booth designs was
recently awarded damages of NT$5 million by Taiwan's IP Court
in a passing off case against a Taiwanese company. Guangzhou
Aimyunion Network Technology Co., Ltd. v. MINIK Co., Ltd., 108
Min Zhu Su 62, Taiwan's IP Court (April 2020). According to the
writer's research, this is the highest damages for IP right
infringement Taiwan's IP Court ever awarded to a Mainland
Chinese company, although the decision might have been appealed to
a second-instance panel of the IP Court as of this writing .
A Karaoke booth, which Aimyunion the plaintiff claimed was its
creation, is an air-conditioned and soundproof phone-booth like
Karaoke box, typically accommodating two singers. Ready for use
once plugged in and Internet-connected, this invention smartly
translates karaoke from usually a dim room to literally any public
space (mostly shopping malls) while the singer's voice is still
confined in a controlled area.
