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Chinese Court Rules Microsoft Violated IP Rights

Posted by kdawson on from the shut-down-the-pirated-versions-and-that-would-really-hurt dept.

angry tapir writes "A Beijing court has ruled that Microsoft violated a Chinese company's intellectual property rights in a case over fonts used in past Windows operating systems. The Beijing Number One Intermediate People's Court ordered Microsoft to stop selling versions of Windows that use the Chinese fonts, including Windows XP. Microsoft plans to appeal the case. Microsoft originally licensed Zhongyi's intellectual property more than a decade ago for use in the Chinese version of Windows 95, according to Zhongyi. Zhongyi argues that agreement applied only to Windows 95, but that Microsoft continued to use the intellectual property in eight versions of Windows from Windows 98 to Windows XP. Vista and Windows 7 are not involved."

3 of 237 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Do unto others... by Vainglorious+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But if a serial mugger chooses the wrong victim and gets kicked to death then so be it.

    In most places, the would-be victim would then be up on a manslaughter charge, which I think is not the analogy you were shooting for. Maybe try something with cars?

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  2. Why fight it? by Reason58 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why fight it? It seems like a much cheaper solution would be for Microsoft to pay a fee for each copy of Windows sold in China.

  3. Re:10+ years? by prockcore · · Score: 5, Funny

    It took them over 10 years to acquire enough legit Windows licenses for their company to not be countersued.