Microsoft Guilty Of Infringement, Says Chinese Court
Posted on: Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 11:55 CST
A Chinese court has ruled that Microsoft Corp infringed the intellectual property rights of Chinese company Zhongyi Electronic by using a certain font.
The decision was made as US President Barack Obama was on a visit to China.
Beijing’s No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court ruled that Microsoft had exceeded the scope of a previous agreement to use and sell fonts provided by Zhongyi.
The court said Microsoft had installed and used fonts in eight operating systems beyond what Zhongyi had agreed on.
Microsoft has been ordered to stop selling those operating systems in its China-based unit.
"We plan to appeal the decision for the Zhongyi fonts case," Microsoft said in a statement.
"Microsoft respects intellectual property rights... We believe our license agreements with the plaintiff cover our use of the fonts."
The court ruled against Zhongyi’s claim that Microsoft’s use of Zhengma software had also infringed the company’s intellectual property rights.
Zhongyi filed the case against Microsoft in April 2007.
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Source: RedOrbit Staff & Wire Reports
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