Courts get tough on ISPs

May 08, 2014 | BY

clpstaff

Recent cases involving Taobao, Baidu and Tudou have shown the courts' desire to improve IP protection online by increasing the obligations of internet service providers to deal with infringing content

The PRC Tort Liability Law (中华人民共和国侵权责任法) (Tort Law), promulgated on December 26 2009 and effective July 1 2010, set out, for the first time, two circumstances in which an internet service provider (ISP) must