What specifically did Weinian respond to in response to Li Ziqi’s controversy?
What specifically did Weinian respond to in response to Li Ziqi’s controversy? In order to protect his “Li Ziqi” brand, Li Ziqi (the real person Li Jiajia ) The video has been stopped for three months, and now it has a lawsuit with its partner Weinian. Wei Nian responded specifically to Li Ziqi’s controversy. What did Weinian specifically respond to in response to Li Ziqi’s controversy1
On November 1, in response to Li Ziqi’s lawsuit, Weinian issued a statement through its official WeChat account.
Weinian Company stated that it has officially received the lawsuit notice from the Intermediate People’s Court of Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, and the company will respond in accordance with legal procedures.
In response to the online dispute, Weinian stated that it has never interfered with the content creation of Li Jiajia (also known as "Li Ziqi"), and has never controlled any @李子撒 related platform accounts. More than a year ago, the company proposed Ms. Li Jiajia’s equity plan and cooperation model direction, and signed the agreement with the approval of shareholders. It communicated with Li Jiajia on equity and other rights many times, but no substantial progress was made, “which ultimately led to today’s Weinian Company is responsible for this situation."
Weinian expressed that he is willing to communicate on the content and methods of cooperation between the two parties, and hopes that both parties can continue to move forward hand in hand.
After updating the video content of "Jingyan" on July 14 this year, Li Ziqi fell into a long "update suspension period."
After 50 days of interruption, Li Ziqi posted a message on his social account at the end of August 2021, saying "I called the police early in the morning" and replied "Capital is really a good means!", this reply Later, it was deleted instantly by Li Ziqi.
Some media reported that the reason for Li Ziqi’s suspension was that she had recently been involved in an equity dispute with the internet celebrity management company (MCN) she signed with. Li Ziqi's total number of fans on major video platforms exceeds 100 million, her traffic is astonishing, and she has considerable monetization value. However, the huge benefits generated are controlled by the Hangzhou Weinian Brand Management Company (Hangzhou Weinian) behind her.
Tianyancha APP shows that on October 25, Sichuan Ziqi Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. and Hangzhou Weinian Brand Management Co., Ltd. added new case filing information. The case number is (2021) Sichuan 07 Minchu No. 382, The plaintiff is Sichuan Ziqi Cultural Communication Co., Ltd., and the defendant is Liu Tongming, Hangzhou Weinian Brand Management Co., Ltd. The handling court is Mianyang Intermediate People's Court of Sichuan Province. The case status is "Referred".
Tianyancha APP shows that Sichuan Ziqi Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. is held by Hangzhou Weinian Brand Management Co., Ltd. 51%, and Li Jiajia (Li Ziqi) holds 49%. What specifically did Weinian respond to in response to Li Ziqi's controversy 2
In order to protect its "Li Ziqi" brand, Li Ziqi (real-life Li Jiajia) stopped updating videos for three months, and now she is fighting with her partner Weinian A lawsuit. Weinian also spoke publicly for the first time today, responding to the controversy with Li Ziqi. Weinian said that since the cooperation between the two parties, the company has never interfered with Li Ziqi's content creation, and has never thought about or controlled any of Li Ziqi's related platform accounts.
More than a year ago, Weinian Company proposed an equity plan and cooperation model direction with Li Ziqi, and signed an agreement on relevant share arrangements and cooperation fees with the consent of shareholders. It has repeatedly negotiated with Li Ziqi Communicated on equity and other equity matters, but no substantial progress was made.
Legal disputes between Internet celebrities and MCN organizations are not uncommon. In this matter, netizens almost overwhelmingly supported Li Ziqi. However, from the perspective of professionals, the dispute between Li Ziqi and Wei Nian Disputes also involve intellectual property rights.
Wang Qiongfei, founding partner of Zhejiang Kenting Law Firm and director of the Competition Law Research Association of Zhejiang Law Society, said in an interview recently that Li Jiajia, as a celebrity, involves copyright in intellectual property rights, such as video content, account numbers, etc. . The Li Ziqi brand level involves trademarks and patents in intellectual property rights.
Previously, "Hangzhou Weinian's application for Li Ziqi trademark was all rejected" became a hot search topic.
It is reported that the Li Ziqi trademark applied by Hangzhou Weinian was rejected, and the trademark process status was changed to invalid, pending review of rejection, etc., and the classification involves material processing, catering and accommodation, etc.
However, many lawyers said that this may be a misunderstanding. The 21 trademarks that were rejected in this hot search were applied by Hangzhou Weinian in December 2019.
According to the trademark transfer announcement on the China Trademark Network, the results show that the first "Li Ziqi" trademark applied for on August 29, 2016 was transferred by Hangzhou Weinian.
According to multiple inquiries of the application/registration number, Hangzhou Weinian transferred all the "valid" "Li Ziqi" trademarks under its name to Sichuan Ziqi on March 19 this year, and The trademark that was initially rejected as invalid remained in his own name.
"Judging from the fact that Sichuan Ziqi can sue the major shareholder Hangzhou Weinian, Li Jiajia should also have considerable actual control (over the trademark)." Wang Qiongfei believes.