Blockchain & Cryptocurrency

The Internet Courts in Hangzhou, Beijing and Guangzhou is a further step forward in the modernization of Chinese courts. These Internet Courts specialize in disputes in online sale of goods, intellectual property rights ownership and online infringement, etc. Since then, the evidence collection process had also to evolve to keep pace with the modernizing legal system. Blockchain technology has been applied to Chinese Internet Courts for tamper-free evidence generation and storage, the process of which is also faster and more cost-effective.

The Internet Courts have now each established its own platform for blockchain evidence. Through their collaboration with other third-party evidence preservation platforms, blockchain has now been constantly utilized and proven to be greatly reliable in online disputes. This article explores how blockchain evidence are being used in litigation in China, especially in intellectual property infringement cases.

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