Virtual property: Man wins fight for dead father's cell numbers

A man in Liyang, Jiangsu province, was finally able to inherit his deceased father's cellphone numbers after a two-month struggle with notaries and the phone company - prompting another round of debate over the inheritability of virtual property.

Liu Weijun's father, who ran a company and did most of his business using two cellphones, died in a car accident in March.

"It would be inconvenient to communicate with all of the customers using a new cell number," said Liu. "But inheriting the numbers turned out to be more difficult than I expected."