Hangzhou Internet Court

Hangzhou Internet Court is a court of special jurisdiction in China, established on August 18, 2017 out of the former Hangzhou Railway Transport Court to hear internet-related cases such as online shopping contract disputes, service disputes, and copyright infringement. It adjudicates e-commerce and internet intellectual property claims, with parties appearing before the court by videoconference while the judicial process runs online from filing through conclusion, with cases taking about 38 days on average to resolve. The court was the first in China to accept blockchain evidence to prove the content of a website at a given point in time, in place of the traditional public notary method. Its example was followed by the Beijing Internet Court and the Guangzhou Internet Court, and by specialized online-dispute court divisions in cities including Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenzhen, Wuhan, and Chengdu. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/