Artist sues over jug-shaped building

Wuxi Intermediate People's Court began hearing a case on Jan 5 filed by an artist from Jiangsu province who contends a jug-shaped building infringes on her copyright of a dark red enameled jug.

Wang Yinxian created the jug in 1990 and registered the copyright at the Jiangsu Copyright Bureau in 2007, her attorney Xu Yiyi told China Daily.

But when the 72-year-old came across a picture of the exhibition center for Wuxi Wanda Cultural Tourism City last March, she found the exterior "very similar" to her copyrighted creation. She later went to the center to see for herself.