<s>
Rules	B-Application
of	I-Application
Survival	I-Application
(	O
RoS	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
inactive	O
free-to-play	O
,	O
multiplayer	O
online	B-Application
battle	O
royale	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
NetEase	O
Games	O
,	O
first	O
released	O
via	O
beta	O
access	O
in	O
November	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rules	B-Application
of	I-Application
Survival	I-Application
follows	O
the	O
standard	O
form	O
of	O
the	O
battle	O
royale	O
genre	O
,	O
where	O
players	O
fight	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
last	O
person	O
(	O
or	O
team	O
)	O
alive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
each	O
round	O
,	O
players	O
will	O
receive	O
in-game	B-Application
currencies	I-Application
based	O
on	O
survival	O
length	O
,	O
number	O
of	O
players	O
killed	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
and	O
the	O
players	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
currencies	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
purchase	O
supply	O
box	O
containing	O
cosmetic	B-General_Concept
items	I-General_Concept
for	O
character	O
or	O
weapon	O
customization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
their	O
mobile	O
versions	O
,	O
PUBG	B-Application
Corporation	O
initiated	O
a	O
legal	O
action	O
in	O
the	O
Northern	O
District	O
Court	O
of	O
California	O
against	O
NetEase	O
Games	O
in	O
January	O
2018	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
their	O
mobile	O
games	O
Rules	B-Application
of	I-Application
Survival	I-Application
and	O
Knives	O
Out	O
infringe	O
PlayerUnknown	B-Application
's	I-Application
Battlegrounds	I-Application
copyrights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PUBG	B-Application
Corporation	O
's	O
lawsuit	O
asserts	O
that	O
Rules	B-Application
of	I-Application
Survival	I-Application
is	O
"	O
a	O
copyrightable	O
audio-visual	O
work	O
,	O
individually	O
and/or	O
in	O
combination	O
with	O
other	O
elements	O
of	O
Battlegrounds	B-Application
"	O
,	O
and	O
identified	O
several	O
elements	O
that	O
appear	O
similar	O
in	O
both	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
many	O
of	O
these	O
elements	O
are	O
common	O
features	O
of	O
a	O
battle	O
royale	O
game	O
,	O
PUBG	B-Application
Corporation	O
claims	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
specific	O
elements	O
from	O
Battlegrounds	B-Application
that	O
copied	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
references	O
to	O
chicken	O
for	O
winning	O
a	O
game	O
or	O
using	O
cookware	O
as	O
weapons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PUBG	B-Application
Corporation	O
also	O
accused	O
NetEase	O
for	O
"	O
cloning	O
 [ Battlegrounds ] 	O
at	O
or	O
below	O
cost	O
for	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
gaining	O
market	O
share	O
before	O
PUBG	B-Application
releases	O
Battlegrounds	B-Application
for	O
mobile	O
devices.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
PUBG	B-Application
Corporation	O
seeks	O
both	O
monetary	O
damages	O
and	O
requiring	O
NetEase	O
from	O
further	O
distribution	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetEase	O
,	O
in	O
responding	O
to	O
PUBG	B-Application
Corporation	O
's	O
request	O
to	O
Apple	O
to	O
remove	O
the	O
games	O
,	O
denied	O
that	O
their	O
games	O
violated	O
Battlegrounds	B-Application
copyrights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mobile	O
app	O
of	O
Rules	B-Application
of	I-Application
Survival	I-Application
was	O
banned	O
in	O
India	O
(	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
Chinese	O
apps	O
)	O
on	O
2	O
September	O
2020	O
by	O
the	O
government	O
,	O
the	O
move	O
came	O
amid	O
the	O
2020	O
China-India	O
skirmish	O
.	O
</s>
