Article: Fine Arts Lamps Defeats Chinese Manufacturer and French Distributor in Two Copyright Cases.

Courts in China and France Order Defendants to Pay Damages and Cease Infringement of Designs

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Courts in both China and France have ruled in favor of Fine Arts Lamps, an international manufacturer of decorative lighting, in two separate copyright infringement lawsuits. At issue in both cases were the copying, manufacturing, and sale of Fine Arts Lamps' copyright- protected designs. The Chinese case is being called a landmark decision as the first Chinese court decision to protect lighting fixtures as copyrightable subject matter. The decision was recently identified by the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court as one of its ...

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