🚨NEW INFORMATION FROM PPG LEGAL TEAM🚨 (CHECK THREAD FOR INTERESTING POINTS) The perpetrator was ordered to pay 1 million yuan in damages for widely disseminating unreleased content from the game "Infinite Nikki". Translation: The perpetrator in the Infinity Nikki game leak case has been ordered to pay 1 million yuan in damages, while a company has withdrawn its unfair competition lawsuit against Papergames for the third time. Recently, Papergames has made successive advances in its efforts to protect its rights in the areas of trade secret protection and combating unfair competition. The details of the relevant cases are hereby announced. At the end of 2024, the defendant, Zhao, was assigned to Papergames by a partner company to work on Infinity Nikki. During this period, Zhao attended the company's confidentiality training and signed multiple confidentiality agreements. However, while employed, Zhao repeatedly downloaded large amounts of unpublished Infinity Nikki game content unrelated to his job responsibilities and sent it to third parties in the form of screenshots or text. This ultimately led to the widespread circulation of the content on platforms such as Xiaohongshu, Weibo, and Baidu Tieba, severely undermining players' experience of discovering new game content and disrupting the game's operational schedule. Papergames subsequently filed a lawsuit against Zhao, seeking compensation for the resulting losses. After examining the case, the court determined that Zhao's actions constituted an infringement of trade secrets, harming Papergames' competitive advantage and consumers' legitimate rights and interests. The court ruled that Zhao must immediately cease the infringing activities and pay 1 million yuan in compensation. In response to game leaks and various other infringements involving all of Papergames' products, Papergames has also initiated legal proceedings to protect its rights. The results of these efforts will be disclosed in due course. Beyond protecting trade secrets, Papergames is equally committed to safeguarding its legitimate rights and interests through legal action against unfair competition. In October 2026, a certain technology joint-stock company and a certain technology company applied to withdraw their lawsuit against Papergames concerning unfair competition. The court has approved their withdrawal. This marks the third time the opposing parties have withdrawn their lawsuit against Papergames. Previously, the two companies had used search keywords such as "Miracle Nikki," "Shining Nikki," and "Infinity Nikki" to place video advertisements on third-party platforms to promote their own games and drive traffic to them. After discovering this conduct, Papergames promptly filed a lawsuit. The court ultimately ruled that the defendants had infringed the exclusive rights associated with registered trademarks, thereby constituting unfair competition. Since Papergames initiated its lawsuit, the two companies have themselves filed unfair competition lawsuits against Papergames on three separate occasions. However, they ultimately withdrew these lawsuits in September 2025, December 2025, and October 2026, respectively. A healthy and orderly market environment requires the collective efforts of the entire industry. Papergames has always welcomed fair market competition and industry oversight. However, Papergames will firmly defend its rights through legal means against trademark infringement, copyright infringement, unfair competition, game leaks, malicious insults, the spreading of rumors, and other infringing activities. Papergames will work alongside other industry participants to maintain a healthy and orderly environment for game development and creation, continuously safeguard players' gaming experiences, and promote the healthy and sustainable development of the gaming industry. #ValkoWasFramed #ValkoIsInnocent #WeWantValko