On the morning of November 14, 2021, the second phase of the Moot court activity hosted by the Intellectual Property Department of Zhejiang Liqun Law Firm was held as scheduled, with all members of the Intellectual Property Department of Liqun Law Firm, lawyers interested in intellectual property and trainee lawyers present.

Background of the case

A dispute case involving infringement of reproduction rights, distribution rights, and information network dissemination rights by a company in Wenzhou and Shenzhen, filed by FLTRP and FLYTC. The final first instance court ruled that the "A6" point reading pen produced by the manufacturer (a company in Shenzhen) infringed on the information network dissemination rights of FLTRP and FLTRT; The "Q7" point reading pen sold by a seller (a company in Wenzhou) infringes on the reproduction and distribution rights of FLTRP and FLTRT; The manufacturer (a company in Shenzhen) shall compensate X million yuan; The seller (a company in Wenzhou) shall compensate X million yuan. After the judgment, both the plaintiff and the defendant refused to accept the first instance judgment and appealed to the second instance court.

At the event, several lawyers from the Intellectual Property Department simulated the second instance trial by playing the roles of the presiding judge, judge, clerk, appellant, and others around the above case.

Judge: Lawyer Chen Junxiu Judge: Lawyer Zhan Hankang, Lawyer Jin Haibo Clerk: Intern Lawyer Wang Wenqi Appellant (original plaintiff FLTRP, acting lawyer for FLTRT): Lawyer Zhong Yaoyao Appellant (original defendant Shenzhen company): Lawyer Li Xiaoxiao Appellant (original defendant Wenzhou company): Lawyer Li Yaqian Cause of action: Dispute over infringement of work reproduction rights, distribution rights, and information network dissemination rights

Mock trial

In this more than an hour long and exciting simulated trial, the three parties expressed their respective opinions around the controversial focus summarized by the judge, combined with sufficient evidence in the case. The judge delved deeper and advanced the court investigation layer by layer. Zhong Yaoyao, the lawyer representing the appellant FLTRP and FLTRT, fully demonstrated to the court the evidence, factual determination, and legal application issues involved in the case of reproduction rights, distribution rights, and information network dissemination rights.

Slow Ride

Judges: Lawyer Mao Lingjian, Director of the Intellectual Property Professional Committee of the Taizhou Lawyers Association and Deputy Director of Liqun Institute, and Lawyer Wang Jian, Member of the Intellectual Property Professional Committee of the Taizhou Lawyers Association and Director of the Intellectual Property Department of Liqun Institute.

In the final evaluation session of the judges, Lawyer Mao Lingjian and Lawyer Wang Jian evaluated the performance of the acting lawyer in the trial process based on the case situation, and provided opinions and suggestions on the ways and methods of representing intellectual property cases in the future. The lawyers attending the meeting said that they learned and mastered the standardized agency mode of intellectual property cases by observing the Moot court, which helped to improve their professional ability and benefited a lot.

Moot court is one of the important ways for Liqun to train and train young lawyers and make them improve their comprehensive ability rapidly. As the legal team gradually grows, the law firm will carry out more training activities suitable for young lawyers within the firm to enhance themselves, building a broader stage for the growth and development of young lawyers.