TREE NEWS update: miHoYo’s legal department said a final ruling has been issued in its copyright infringement and unfair competition suit against a company it calls Ge X, ordering the firm to stop the infringement and pay 750,000 yuan in economic losses and reasonable expenses. The court found the company had copied the voices of 63 Genshin Impact characters into a voice-changing resource pack sold for 19 to 59 yuan each. The judgment is now in effect.
miHoYo Wins Final Ruling in Genshin Voice IP Case, 750,000 Yuan Damages
AI take
This is a notable test of how character voice rights are enforced in China's gaming sector, where voice packs and mods blur the line between fan content and commercial products. It signals that packaging replicated voices as a paid resource invites both copyright and unfair competition liability, which matters to modders, tool vendors and platforms hosting derivative assets. Whether similar claims follow against distributors or marketplaces remains the open question.
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