中國法院判決微軟侵權

A Chinese court has ruled that Microsoft infringed a Chinese software maker's intellectual property rights in a surprise decision that has renewed worries among foreign patent experts about China's management of IPR disputes.

中國一家法院作出令人意外的判決，裁定微軟(Microsoft)侵犯了中國一家軟件制造商的知識產權。這一判決重新激起外國專利專家對于中國處理知識產權糾紛的擔憂。

Microsoft's use of two Chinese fonts developed by Zhongyi Electronic, a Beijing-based software company, was not covered by a licence agreement between the two, the Beijing No 1 Intermediary People's Court said in a verdict, and therefore infringed Zhongyi's intellectual property rights.

北京市第一中級法院在判決書中稱，微軟使用北京中易中標公司(Zhongyi Electronic)開發的兩種中文字體，并不包含在兩家公司簽署的授權協議之中，因而侵犯了中易的知識產權。

Once the ruling takes effect, Microsoft must stop selling all PC operating systems that use the fonts including the Chinese language editions of the second edition of Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

判決一經生效，微軟必須停止銷售所有使用相關字體的電腦操作系統，包括中文版的Windows98第二版、Windows 2000、Windows XP和Windows Server 2003。

Microsoft said it believed its licence agreements with the plaintiff covered its use of the fonts in question and it would appeal against the verdict: “Microsoft respects intellectual property rights. We use third party IPs only when we have a legitimate right to do so.”

微軟表示，該公司認為，其與原告的授權協議，覆蓋了對相關字體的使用權。該公司表示將提起上訴：“微軟尊重知識產權。我們只有在擁有合法權利時，才會使用第三方知識產權。”

Zhongyi said the verdict had highlighted that every Chinese- language Windows operating system included Chinese intellectual property rights because the Chinese character database and Chinese language input system were developed by locals.

中易表示，此項判決突顯出，中文字庫和中文輸入法是中國人研制的，因此每一套中文版Windows操作系統都含有中國的知識產權。

“It can be said that the support from the Chinese character database and the input system are a pillar for the windfall profits Microsoft is extracting from China,” Zhongyi said.

中易表示：“可以說，中文字庫和中文輸入法對Windows中文操作系統的支持，是美國微軟公司在中國獲取巨額利潤的橋梁。”

Microsoft has a long history of fighting for the protection of its own intellectual property rights in China as the lion's share of the operating systems used on the country's computers are pirated versions.

在中國，微軟長期以來一直在為保護自己的知識產權而斗爭，因為在中國的電腦上安裝的操作系統大部分是盜版的。