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China court finds game operators engaged in collective boycott, but no violation

By MLex Staff ( April 2, 2026, 02:25 GMT | Insight) -- The Shanghai Intellectual Property Court has found that several operators of a web-based shooting game engaged in a collective boycott against a rival platform, but ruled the conduct didn’t constitute a horizontal monopoly agreement, according to a verdict seen by MLex. The Jan. 29 ruling dismissed all claims brought by Shenzhen Yunqu Network Technology, which alleged that the five defendants jointly excluded it from the game’s cross-platform play function, forming a horizontal monopoly agreement in the form of market division and collective boycott, and sought 2 million yuan in damages and costs.The Shanghai Intellectual Property Court has found that several operators of a web-based shooting game engaged in a collective boycott against a rival platform, but ruled the conduct didn’t constitute a horizontal monopoly agreement, according to a verdict seen by MLex....

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