Enlightenment from the Hot Pot Restaurant "Decoration Competition"

Recently, celebrity Zheng Kai opened a hot pot restaurant in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, due to suspected plagiarism in the decoration, which has aroused heated discussion on social media

In the era of the red sea in the catering industry, in addition to the traditional elements such as ingredients, service, and cost-effectiveness, the selling points of businesses, if they can make small tricks and small innovations, "wild gourmets" will most likely be willing to pay for it

This hot pot restaurant in Chengdu has released a lot of photos comparing the two restaurants, pointing out that the other party has copied its design

From a legal point of view, the copyright law does not directly include decoration >

At the same time, according to the provisions of the current copyright law, whether a work is published or registered, its copyright is obtained from the date of completion of the creation.

According to the provisions of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, plagiarizing the names, packaging, and decorations of other influential commodities and causing confusion may also constitute acts of unfair competition

In April this year, a court in Guangdong tried a similar case

From the point of view, if this hot pot restaurant in Chengdu filed a lawsuit, it will also become a better opportunity to popularize the law.

Although most of the similar problems can be properly resolved within the existing legal framework, most parties have also paid economic and time costs for them

Nowadays, it is not surprising that celebrities are competing for sideline business