A Chinese court has ruled that Microsoft infringed a Chinese
company'sintellectual property rightsby including certain
fonts in its operating systems.
The Beijing court found that Microsoft had exceeded the scope of
a previous agreement to use and sell fonts owned by Zhongyi
Electronic, according to
US reports.
Microsoft used the fonts in eight of its operating systems
without permission from Zhongyi, the court said, ordering Microsoft
to stop producing and selling those operating systems in China.
But the court rejected Zhongyi's claim that Microsoft's use of
Zhengma software also violated the Chinese company's intellectual
property rights. The software enables computer users to type
Chinese characters using Western keyboards.
The decision came during US president Barack Obama's visit to
China, where he has championed internet freedom and human
rights.
The US has also been pressing China for tougher enforcement of
intellectual property law.