Judge Rules Against China In 'Green Dam' Suit

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday February 19, 2011 @08:40AM from the china-shrugs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "About a year after Cybersitter sued the Chinese government and several Asian OEMs for allegedly copying its code to create the 'Green Dam' software, a US federal judge has allowed the $2.3 billion suit to proceed. Judge Josephine Staton Tucker, a California district judge, entered a judgement of default against the People's Republic of China on Wednesday, after PRC officials failed to respond to the ruling. Although the PRC's embassy sent a letter to the US State Department protesting Cybersitter's suit, such a letter did not qualify as a formal response."

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IANAL but... by Dasuraga · 2011-02-19 09:01 · Score: 3, Insightful

isn't there some law against suing foreign governments? At the very least, the judicial branch can't possibly imagine having the power to demand money from foreign nations.....can they?
Re:China called by jayveekay · 2011-02-19 10:31 · Score: 3, Insightful

It ends when the US wins because it owes trillions of dollars to China..
To paraphrase Donald Trump: "When you owe someone a billion dollars, they have power over you. When you owe someone a trillion dollars, you have power over them!"