Rene Liu and the film ＂Later Us＂ were accused of unfair competition, and the film responded： defamation.

After the refund incident, the movie "Later Us" directed by actress Rene Liu got into trouble again. On January 7th, the netizen "producer Buyi Weng" took several screenshots, saying that Rene Liu and many companies from the film "Later Us" had been sued to the court for unfair competition.

Screenshots of the online service platform for judicial openness of Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court exposed by the above-mentioned netizens show that the plaintiff in this case is Wuhan Guangya Culture and Art Development Co., Ltd. and natural person Huang Gansheng, while the defendants include 15 companies including Rene Liu, Ye Ruting and Horgos Yinger Film Co., Ltd.

The case information displayed on the online service platform of Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court, in which the defendant included Rene Liu.

In response to this matter, the film officer Wei of Later Us issued a statement at 19: 52 on the 7th, saying that a company in Wuhan distributed court information screenshots in Weibo today, suing the film producer of Later Us, and the content of the report was untrue. The statement also said that a series of related actions by a company in Wuhan have constituted a libel.

On January 8th, Weng Hongcai, whose online name was "Buyi Weng", introduced to The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) that they had relevant witnesses and emails from both sides as evidence. However, Weng said that it is not convenient to provide relevant evidence to the media at present. "The lawyer’s fees and legal fees are also a lot of money. If we don’t have relevant evidence, we will not sue them."

Rene Liu and others were accused of unfair competition.

On January 7th, Weibo user Buyi Weng, whose authentication information is "Chairman of Chinese Media, Producer and Photographer Weng Hongcai", posted a message in Weibo: "Rene Liu borrowed" Later Us "and earned a lot of money. Did you take into account the feelings of our infringers? I can’t bear it any more, so I don’t need to bear it any longer. I am suing."

The picture of Weibo in this article shows four screenshots of the online service platform for judicial openness of Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court. The screenshots show that Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court accepted the case on December 4, 2018, and the cause of the case was an unfair competition dispute. The plaintiffs are Wuhan Guangya Culture and Art Development Co., Ltd. and natural person Huang Gansheng, while the defendants include 15 companies including Rene Liu, Ye Ruting and Horgos Yinger Film Co., Ltd.

"Producer Buyi Weng" then posted several Weibo articles with similar contents to respond to netizens. "We created the movie script Later and made a creative plan, bought the copyright of the song Later and licensed it. Through Rene Liu’s agent, Ye Ruting, the general planner and producer of the film "Later Us", Rene Liu was hired as the director of the film. However, Rene Liu and Ye Ruting plagiarized our scripts and planned projects and filmed the film "Later Us". "

In response to this matter, the official micro of the film "Later Us" issued a statement at 19: 52 on the 7th, saying that a company in Wuhan distributed court information screenshots in Weibo, accusing the producer of "Later Us", and the content of its accusation was false.

The above statement also stated, "The film side hereby reiterates that" Later Us "is a story adapted from the short story" Going Home for the New Year ",and the intellectual property rights have never infringed on the rights and interests of any other individual or company. A series of related actions of a company in Wuhan have constituted libel. The film has collected relevant evidence and will immediately report it, and will be held accountable for the reputation loss caused by the false allegations made by the film. "

The film’s lawyer declared that there was no unfair competition.

At 13: 55 on January 8, the film "Later Us" again voiced a "car-scrapping response": "The film" Later Us "took all necessary legal means according to law and resolutely investigated the legal responsibility for the infringement of reputation rights. The legitimate rights and interests and reputation of creators cannot be trampled on maliciously. "

The above response was accompanied by a lawyer’s statement, which said: "Recently, the information of" the defendant of the film "Later Us" was unfair competition "appeared on the Internet. On this basis, in order to gain public attention, some media and individuals published a lot of false information on the Internet without investigation and verification and without evidence. Malicious slander and slander on the producer of the film Later Us, Ms. Rene Liu, Ms. Ye Ruting and others, and the above false information has been read and reprinted in large quantities, which seriously infringes on the legitimate rights and interests of the producer of the film Later Us, Ms. Rene Liu, Ms. Ye Ruting and other related companies and individuals. "

The statement said that the producer of the film "Later Us" had not received the relevant legal documents served by the court and was unaware of the matter. The producer has entrusted a lawyer to verify and understand the relevant situation. If it is true, it will actively respond to the lawsuit to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.

The above statement also stated that the film "Later Us" was adapted from Rene Liu’s novel "Going Home for the New Year" written in 2010, which was published in Rene Liu’s collection of essays "My Imperfection", and the copyright of the novel was enjoyed by Rene Liu. The film "Later Us" is legal and compliant in creation, planning, shooting and distribution, and there is no unfair competition.

Regarding the related remarks of "producer Buyi Weng", the above statement said that he published and disseminated a lot of false information in Weibo, and even slandered Ms. Rene Liu and Ms. Ye Ruting for plagiarizing their scripts and planned projects, and then filmed the film "Later Us". In view of this, the producer of the film "Later Us" demanded that the relevant false information should be deleted immediately, and a public apology should be made to eliminate the adverse effects.

Last year, I appealed to the court.

On the afternoon of January 8th, Weng Hongcai, whose online name was "Producer Buyi Weng", introduced the story to The Paper by phone. Industrial and commercial archives and other information show that Weng Hongcai is the legal representative and general manager of Wuhan Chinese Culture Development Co., Ltd.

Weng Hongcai said that Wuhan Chinese Company had signed a cooperation agreement with Wuhan Guangya Culture and Art Company to jointly produce the film Later, and invited people to create a script. They contacted the Rene Liu team through relevant people to discuss cooperation matters, and sent the script of the film Later to the Rene Liu team by e-mail, but the two sides failed to cooperate in the end.

Weng Hongcai introduced to The Paper that in this process, although they didn’t sign the cooperation agreement and other documents with the Rene Liu team, there were relevant witnesses who knew about it, and there were also emails from both sides as evidence. However, Weng Hongcai said that it is not convenient to provide relevant evidence to the media at present. "The lawyer’s fees and legal fees will also cost a lot of money. If we don’t have relevant evidence, we will not sue them."

According to the ruling issued by China Judgment Document Network, on May 22, 2018, Hubei High Court filed a case of copyright ownership and infringement dispute. The plaintiffs in this case are Wuhan Guangya Culture and Art Development Co., Ltd. and Wuhan Chinese Culture Development Co., Ltd., and the list of defendants is consistent with this unfair competition dispute case, including natural persons Rene Liu, Ye Ruting and Horgos Yinger Film Co., Ltd.

Hubei High Court (2018) E Min Chu No.44 civil ruling shows that Hubei High Court filed a case on May 22, 2018 for the above-mentioned copyright ownership and infringement dispute. The plaintiffs Wuhan Guangya Culture and Art Development Co., Ltd. and Wuhan Chinese Culture Development Co., Ltd. failed to pay the case acceptance fee in advance within seven days after the court served the notice of paying the litigation fee according to law.

On June 15, 2018, the Hubei High Court ruled that the case was withdrawn according to Wuhan Guangya Culture and Art Development Co., Ltd. and Wuhan Chinese Culture Development Co., Ltd.

In this regard, Weng Hongcai explained to The Paper that after discussing and analyzing with the team of lawyers, they decided not to fight copyright ownership and infringement disputes, and after several months of preparatory work such as collecting evidence, they re-entered Wuhan Guangya Culture and Art Company and project producer Huang Gansheng as the plaintiff, and filed a lawsuit again on the grounds of unfair competition disputes, claiming 70 million yuan. "The final claim depends on the attitude of the other party."