Chinese court orders Alibaba unit to pay NetEase $7.2 million, here’s why

An Alibaba unit was involved in the development of the popular strategy mobile game “Three Kingdoms Tactics”. According to a report by Reuters, a Chinese court has now ordered the developer to pay NetEase Inc 50 million yuan ($7.2 million). A statement from NetEase claims that the Alibaba unit – named Ejoy – has been ordered to pay compensation for copyright infringement. Ejoy also took to the microblogging site Weibo to announce its plans to appeal the decision of the Guangzhou court. The company also confirmed that the game will continue to operate and will even be available for users amidst the court process.

One of the biggest fines involving video games was imposed by a Chinese court

If Alibaba upholds the appeal and pays the fine, this would be one of the heftiest issued by a court in China involving video games.

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