Software case

US software companies Microsoft and Adobe and Australia's Altium have settled a lawsuit with Shenzhen-based CRS Electronics Co Ltd.

CRS Electronics has agreed to pay the three companies 780,000 yuan for installing unlicensed software products.

Shenzhen's intellectual property enforcement division in January fined CRS Electronics 100,000 yuan after Microsoft, Adobe and Altium accused the company of installing unlicensed software.

Last November, Microsoft and Adobe filed a lawsuit in a Shenzhen court. Altium joined the lawsuit in February.

CRS acknowledged that Microsoft's Windows operating systems were installed on 200 of its computers, and that Microsoft Office software was installed on at least 60 percent of its other computers.

The court ruled that the company failed to provide proof that it had obtained licensing from Microsoft.

(Source：China Daily)

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