The court for the remand trial of the copyright dispute over 'Legend of Mir' between Wemade and Actoz Soft favored Wemade on key issues.
According to the legal community on the 11th, the Seoul High Court's 4th Civil Division (Director General Kim Woo-jin, Ku Tae-hwi, Kim Gwang-nam) issued a partial victory ruling for the plaintiff in the remand trial of the copyright infringement injunction lawsuit filed by Actoz Soft against Wemade on the 10th.
Earlier, Actoz Soft claimed that Wemade's signing of a licensing contract with a Chinese company without its consent constituted copyright infringement and demanded a halt to this along with compensation for damages.
The court rejected Actoz Soft's claim for a 50-50 revenue distribution ratio and ruled that, according to Wemade's previous position, the revenues generated from the 'Legend of Mir 2' intellectual property (IP) licensing contract should be distributed as 80% to Wemade and 20% to Actoz Soft.
Wemade paid the full amount of approximately 4.5 billion won in royalty distributions calculated according to the existing distribution standard of 80-20 to Actoz Soft, as ruled in the first trial in 2019.
A representative from Wemade noted, "This ruling is expected to soon conclude the long-standing legal dispute between Wemade and Actoz Soft," and "The two companies plan to collaborate in various ways to enhance the value of the Mir IP going forward."