TENCENT(HK:00700) Xin Lang Cai Jing·2026-02-05 12:24Core Viewpoint - The Shanghai Intellectual Property Court ruled in favor of Tencent in a copyright infringement case against a Shanghai technology company, determining that the conversion of Tencent Video's proprietary encryption format to open formats like mp4 constitutes a violation of copyright law [2][6]. Group 1: Legal Findings - The second-instance court overturned the first-instance court's classification of the behavior as unfair competition and the compensation amount, instead recognizing it as a violation of Article 49 of the Copyright Law, which prohibits providing technical services to circumvent or destroy technical measures [2][6]. - The court ordered the Shanghai technology company to cease infringement, eliminate the impact, and compensate Tencent for economic losses and reasonable expenses exceeding 1.09 million yuan [2][6]. Group 2: Legal Representation - Zhong Lun Law Firm played a significant role in the case, submitting over 14,000 pieces of evidence regarding copyright ownership and convincing the court that Tencent had the standing to sue based on its comprehensive video copyright [2][6][7]. - The legal team argued that the act of providing circumvention means violates the prohibitive provisions of Article 49 of the Copyright Law, which has independent legal significance [6][7]. Group 3: Implications - This case provides an important precedent for clarifying the standards for proving copyright ownership of a large number of works and the judicial recognition of the elements constituting the destruction of "access control measures" under the Copyright Law [6][7].