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IPR lawsuitBy ()
Updated: 2007-04-26 17:25 Warner Bros and five other US movie giants have successfully sued the owners of a Beijing DVD shop that was selling counterfeit copies of their movies. The Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court ordered the Beijing Cherry Blossom Star Culture Company and its affiliated DVD shop to pay 195,000 yuan ($24,400) to the US movie distributors. They had asked for 2.46 million yuan ($307,500) in damages. Warner Bros, Columbia Pictures, Universal City Studios, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Walt Disney sent their agents to purchase pirated copies of movies in the shop in 2005. (For more biz stories, please visit Industry Updates)
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