The outcome of The Pokémon Company's copyright and unfair-competition case against a Chinese clone game

What this is

The outcome of The Pokémon Company's copyright and unfair-competition case against a Chinese clone game: RMB 107m awarded at first instance in July 2024; the appeal was heard by the Guangdong High Court on 18 December 2024 and settled in February 2025 on confidential terms.

How it’s built

1. From China Daily's report on the Supreme People's Court's English-language site; a games news site separately reports that the settlement figure is confidential.

What we assumed

• The settlement may differ from the award.The terms are confidential, so the RMB 107m is not money known to have been paid.

Sanity check

These are damages for infringement, not a royalty rate: they show what a court valued, not what licensing earns.

Where it comes from

The line in the source

copyright infringement and unfair competition

Where it’s used

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