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The writers will now be able to send a blockchain recording of their work and the date on which it was created.
James Godefroy, an IP consultant based in China with the Rouse law firm, said that "notoriety notoriety" was once the only solid way of keeping evidence for court proceedings in China, but this is a "waste of time and prohibitively expensive" processes.
The step towards accepting blockchain records as evidence provides writers with "low-cost, accessible and accessible means to protect their author rights," Godefroy said.
The Chinese Supreme Court ruled in September that blockchain could legally authenticate the evidence. Godefroy said that "although it is not surprising that the use of blockchain proofing technology has become" normal "in China, what is surprising is the speed with which it did" from the sentence of the Supreme Court.
It is not the first development surrounding the use of blockchain to protect IP rights. Last year, twin site WIPR reported that Sony should have used the technology to implement a rights management system for e-book copyright owners.
Launched last year, the Hangzhou Internet Court is the first of its kind in China to deal with Internet-related disputes. The Internet Courts of Beijing and Guangzhou were created at the beginning of this year.
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