Xinpai media was accused of authorizing the exhibition without the copyright of "petition order"

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according to relevant platforms, the legal documents of the first instance of the contract dispute between Hangzhou Xitu Media Co., Ltd. and Xinpai Media Group Co., Ltd. are public.

according to the documents, the plaintiff Xitu media claimed that in May 2021, it signed an authorization contract with the defendant Xinpai media, and the defendant allowed the plaintiff to use its copyrighted TV series" petition "to carry out the second anniversary exhibition of the TV series, and to sell derivatives in the exhibition. The plaintiff invested more than 6 million, but the defendant refused to use the characters and stills of the drama in the exhibition. After repeated questioning by the plaintiff, the defendant told him that it did not have at all "Petition order" TV series copyright. The plaintiff told the court and requested the defendant to compensate for the loss of 6.3 million yuan and interest

Xinpai media raised an objection to the jurisdiction and requested that the case be transferred to Beijing Chaoyang District People's court for trial. The final case was transferred to Guiyang intermediate people's court in Guizhou Province