The Beijing High People’s Court releases guidelines on Internet-related intellectual property rights trials

On 13 April 2016, the Beijing High People’s Court released the Guideline on the Trial of Internet-Related Intellectual Property Right Cases. The guideline contains 42 provisions, covering copyright, trademark, and unfair competition issues. Specifically, there are two competition-related provisions. Article 35 of the guideline provides that the following conduct harms the plaintiff’s legal rights, distorts normal market