Court rules on software
The Qingdao Intermediate People's Court ruled that a company in Qingdao which was sued for installing and using pirated software, should compensate the three plaintiffs for 1.72 million yuan.
In December 2005, the Qingdao Copyright Administration examined the computers in Oumeite Co Ltd, an auto parts provider. The officials found that the computers were installed with pirated software of Pro/E, Windows 2000, Office 2002, Office 2003, AutoCAD 2002, AutoCAD 2004 and AutoCAD 2005. Parametric Technology Corporation, Microsoft and Autodesk Inc owned the copyrights and instituted legal proceedings against the company.
The court held that, according to the Berne Convention and the Copyright Law of China, the copyrights of the three foreign companies should be protected in China. Therefore, the court ruled that the defendant halt its infringement and compensate the plaintiffs for 1.72 yuan in damages.
(Source: China Daily)
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