[gnso-rpm-wg] Second internet court set up in Beijing

[George Kirikos]

Hi folks,

I read an interesting story in the Chinese media today:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201809/10/WS5b95b8e4a31033b4f46550e9.html

"China opened a second internet court on Sunday to address the rising
disputes and problems caused by its ever-growing reliance on
cyberspace.

The Beijing Internet Court, situated in a Fengtai district technology
zone in the southwest of the capital, will mainly handle internet and
intellectual property rights cases, such as disputes involving online
loans, online shopping contracts and online copyright issues, the
Supreme People's Court wrote in an online judicial interpretation.

The IP rulings of the district-level court, which has 38 judges, can
be appealed at the Beijing Intellectual Property Court, and its other
cases at the Beijing No 4 Intermediate People's Court.
....
Liu Shuhan, a judge at the court, said one of its key features is that
litigants can handle their lawsuits entirely online－they are not
required to go to the court in person at any point from the case
filing to the hearing."

I think this reinforces the call to eliminate the URS and/or the UDRP
(one of the proposals I submitted last week was for the elimination of
the URS), given that the court alternative appears to be fast,
convenient, and inexpensive (at least for Chinese parties; for the
URS, that was a significant fraction of disputes). As more and more
jurisdictions modernize their court systems to include online
offerings like this, the justification for creating alternatives to
the courts decreases.

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
416-588-0269
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