Scenic spot wins movie suit

A scenic area in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality won a case against the producers of Transformers: Age of Extinction on Thursday, as the latter failed to honor a product placement contract that required the scenic spot's logo to appear in the 2014 film.

According to the verdict of the Chongqing No 3 Intermediate People's Court, Paramount Pictures Corp and Beijing-based 1905 Internet Technology Co must pay Chongqing Wulong Karst Tourism Group Co 2 million yuan ($297,000) in compensation.

The court also rejected a counterclaim by 1905 Internet Technology, which said Chongqing Wulong Karst Tourism Group did not make a required payment of about 12.4 million yuan on time.