German blogger sued in China
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3247 writes "A German blogger is being sued by a Chinese bus manufacturer over a blog entry, the German news magazine Spiegel reports. This would not be such a big deal by itself... but although he lives in Germany and his blog entry is in German, the action was brought before a regional court in Yancheng, China. The statement was served with the help of a court in Berlin, Germany, and the blogger is expected to defend his case in China, a country he probably has never been to.
Ironically, the company is itself facing legal action from Neoplan, a German bus manufacturer, whose designs were plagiarised by the Chinese competitor. The blog entry was just about that "audacious knock-off". Obviously, the Chinese did not like being called copycats.
This seems to be the first time bi- or multilateral treaties preceding the Hague Convention (earlier Slashdot story) are used against a private person, who has no direct relation to the country he is sued in."