@article{49119,
      recid = {49119},
      author = {Rentsch, Rudolf A, and Zingg, Raphael,},
      title = {The Copyrightability of Works of Applied Art in China ‒ :  Case Note of Guiding Case No. 157 by the Supreme People’s  Court of the People’s Republic of China.},
      pages = {1 online resource (pages 1142–1145)},
      abstract = {With comparatively new copyright laws, China’s courts are  still crystalizing the standards of copyrightability. In  recent years, case law has particularly clarified that  works of applied art qualify for copyright protection, but  the enforcement of such claims was long deemed risky in  practice due to the uncertainty regarding the  interpretation of the protection requirements.  Guiding  Case No. 157 of the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s  Republic of China demonstrates a newfound consistency in  the application of copyright protection standards to works  of applied art. Doctrinally, the case law analysis  highlights that Chinese courts have merged two distinct  copyrightability requirements, originality and aesthetics,  settling for that which we call a threshold of ‘original  aesthetics’.  Practitioners litigating international  portfolios should be aware of the potential to successfully  enforce copyright claims over works of applied art in  China. The doctrinal delineation between originality and  aesthetics is of importance not only within the scope of  academic research, but also serves trial attorneys when  pleading copyright infringement cases.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/49119},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikad102},
}