SHANGHAI: Microsoft Corp has sued Gome Electrical Appliances Holding, one of China's largest homegrown electronics distributors, and a Beijing electronics mall, for allegedly infringing on the copyright of its software.
Microsoft said in a statement it has filed lawsuits in the Shanghai Huangpu District People's Court and the Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court against Gome and Beijing Chaoyang Buynow mall to get both parties to stop infringing on its copyrights and for a compensation of losses.
The company said it has evidence that a Gome store in Shanghai installed pirated versions of its Windows and Microsoft Office software on computers for sale.
Click here for the entire article: The Economic Times, 10 january 2012
